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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






3. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






4. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






5. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






6. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






7. 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






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






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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 )






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






14. Behavior being measured in experiment






15. More confident and more outgoing






16. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






17. 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






18. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






19. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






20. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Based on the standard deviation






35. 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






36. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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37. Stages all happen in the same sequence






38. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. What happened in the past






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






47. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






48. What are the two types of adaptation?






49. 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 )






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







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