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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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)






4. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






5. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






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






9. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






11. Young kids that talk to themselves






12. 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






13. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






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






15. 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 )






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






17. 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






18. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






19. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






20. What are the two types of adaptation?






21. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






22. 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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23. 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






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






29. Are the scores repeatable?






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






31. _____ had a huge impact on






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






33. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






34. 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






35. 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






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






38. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






40. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






41. Stages all happen in the same sequence






42. 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






43. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






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