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Educational Psychology Basics
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1. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?
Zone of Proximal Distance
Standardized testing
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
2. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Standardized scores
Scheme
Independent variable
Moral development
3. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful
Concrete-operational stage
Scheme
Invariant
4 times - successful suicide
4. 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
Norm reference test
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
Early maturing boys
Arthur JEnsen
5. 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
Preoperational stage
Erikson's contributions
Early maturing girls
Experimental and control
6. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?
Parpain
Criticisms of Piaget
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Assimilation
7. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores
Positive correlation
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Jean Block
Standard score (derived score)
8. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this
Conventional morality
Initiative vs guilt
Normal curve
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
9. 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
Egocentric thinking
Clinical method
Independent variable
Criterion (criteria) reference test
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
Vygotsky beliefs
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
Emotional intelligence
Cognitive reasoning
11. Define intelligence
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Scheme
Naturalistic observations
12. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages
Late maturing girls
Dependent variable
Beverly Fagot
Kohlberg
13. 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
Criterion (criteria) reference test
Clinical method
Reliability and validity
Vygotsky beliefs
14. 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
Norm reference test
Double blind study
Correlation
Educational psychology
15. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems
Decentration
Educational psychology
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Organizations
16. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)
Educational psychology
Sandra bem
Conventional morality
Experimental methods
17. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Intelligence
Lorenz - imprinting
Conventional morality
18. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________
Role confusions
Correlation
Jane Mercer
Control variable
19. Stages all happen in the same sequence
Decentration
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Experimental methods
Invariant
20. 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
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Adaptation
Preconventional morality
Post conventional morality
21. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen
Concrete-operational stage
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Critical period
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
22. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Identity achievement
23. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development
Language
Preconventional morality
Private speech
Naturalistic observations
24. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary
Standardized scores
Psychosocial moratorium
Adaptation
Early maturing girls
25. 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
Egocentric thinking
Object permanence
Carol Gilligan
Nature vs nurture
26. 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
Adaptation
Hartshore and May
Negative correlation
Kohlberg believes that moral reasoning could be sped up by instruction; Piaget disagreed because he believes moral reasoning is tied into cognitive development and cognitive development cannot be sped up
27. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports
Correlation
Grade equivalency score
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
Standardized scores
28. What happened in the past
Correlation
Experimental and control
Early maturing girls
Percentile score
29. The sens of balance is known as ________________
Grade equivalency score
Preoperational stage
Educational psychology
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
30. 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)
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
Naturalistic observations
Stages
Standardized scores
31. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______
1st year ; development of trust
Stanine scores
Preoperational stage
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
32. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______
Universal
Standardized scores
Frequency distribution
Invariant
33. More confident and more outgoing
Learned helplessness
Identity vs role confusion
Late maturing girls
Vygotsky
34. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes
Laray Pee case
Negative correlation
Learned helplessness
1. trust vs mistrust 2.autonomy vs shame and doubt 3. initiative vs guilt 4. industry vs inferiority 5. identity vs role confusions
35. 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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36. 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
Piaget
Control variable
Identity achievement
James Marcia
37. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class
Norm reference test
Educational psychology
Parpain
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
38. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________
Beverly Fagot
Industry vs inferiority
Control variable
Psychosocial moratorium
39. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?
Role confusions
Jane Mercer
4 times - successful suicide
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
40. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)
Identity diffusion
Testing
Erikson's criticisms
'storm and stress'
41. 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
Private speech
Learned helplessness
Carol Gilligan
Identity vs role confusion
42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought
Early maturing boys
Conservation
Scheme
Double blind study
43. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____
6 hour retardets
Assimilation and accommodation
BITCH test
Reliability and validity
44. 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.
Intelligence
Naturalistic observations
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
Grade equivalency score
45. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them
Reliability and validity
Parallel play
Jane Mercer
BITCH test
46. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight
Stanine scores
Object permanence
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Erikson's criticisms
47. 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
Psychosocial moratorium
James Marcia
Preconventional morality
Criticisms of Piaget
48. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Critical period
Identity foreclosure
Late maturing girls
49. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one
Control variable
Critical period
Double blind study
Vygotsky beliefs
50. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.
Experimental methods
Egocentric thinking
Normal curve
Norm reference test
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