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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






3. More confident and more outgoing






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






5. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






11. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






13. 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.






14. 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






15. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






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






17. 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






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






19. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






20. 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






21. Based on the standard deviation






22. 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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






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






31. Are the scores repeatable?






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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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






39. _____ had a huge impact on






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






41. 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)






42. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






43. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






46. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






48. What happened in the past






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






50. 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