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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What happened in the past






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






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






4. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






5. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






6. 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






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






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






9. 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)






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






11. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






14. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






15. What are the two types of adaptation?






16. 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






17. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






29. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






30. 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 )






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






39. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






44. 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






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






46. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






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. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?







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