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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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 )






2. Define intelligence






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






4. 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






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






6. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






7. 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 )






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. _____ had a huge impact on






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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)






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






26. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






27. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Based on the standard deviation






34. 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






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






36. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






37. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






39. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






40. 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.






41. What are 5 different types of testing?






42. What are the two types of adaptation?






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. Are the scores repeatable?






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







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