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

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3. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






4. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






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






7. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






8. 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






9. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






10. 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






11. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






18. 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






19. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






20. 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






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






22. 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)






23. 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)






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






25. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






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






29. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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






31. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






35. Young kids that talk to themselves






36. 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






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






38. Define intelligence






39. _____ had a huge impact on






40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






41. 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






42. 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






43. Based on the standard deviation






44. 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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45. 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






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






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






48. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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







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