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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






5. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






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






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






8. Young kids that talk to themselves






9. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






11. 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)






12. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. More confident and more outgoing






20. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






22. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






29. 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






30. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






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






32. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






33. Define intelligence






34. Are the scores repeatable?






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






36. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






38. 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.






39. What are 5 different types of testing?






40. What are the two types of adaptation?






41. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






43. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






44. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






47. _____ had a huge impact on






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






49. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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