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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






2. 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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






11. The sens of balance is known as ________________






12. More confident and more outgoing






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






14. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






23. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






24. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






25. 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






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






27. 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 )






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






29. 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






30. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






31. 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






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






33. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






37. 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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38. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






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

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40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






41. 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






42. 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)






43. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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






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