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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






2. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






3. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






4. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






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






7. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






8. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






9. 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)






10. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






11. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






12. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






13. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






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






15. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






18. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






19. 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






20. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






21. 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






22. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






23. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






24. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






30. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






31. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






33. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






34. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






35. More confident and more outgoing






36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






37. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






38. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






39. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






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






41. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






42. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






43. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






44. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






45. Define intelligence






46. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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47. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






48. 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






49. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






50. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.