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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






3. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






4. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






5. 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.






6. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






7. What are the two types of adaptation?






8. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






10. 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






11. 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)






12. 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






13. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






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






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






16. 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






17. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






18. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






19. 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)






20. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






21. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






22. 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






23. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






24. 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






25. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






26. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






27. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






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






29. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






30. 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






31. 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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32. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






33. 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






34. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






35. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






36. 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






37. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






38. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






39. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






40. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






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






42. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






44. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






45. 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






46. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






48. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






49. 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






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







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