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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






2. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






3. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






4. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






5. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






6. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






7. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






8. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






9. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






10. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






11. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






12. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






13. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






14. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






15. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






16. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






17. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






19. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






20. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






21. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






22. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






23. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






24. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






25. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






26. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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27. More confident and more outgoing






28. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






29. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






30. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






31. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






32. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






33. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






34. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






35. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






36. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






37. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






38. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






39. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






40. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






41. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






42. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






43. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






44. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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45. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






46. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






47. Define intelligence






48. What are the two types of adaptation?






49. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






50. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores