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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






4. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






5. 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)






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






7. 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






8. The sens of balance is known as ________________






9. 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






10. 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.






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






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






13. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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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19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






24. 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






25. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






33. 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)






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






35. 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






36. Stages all happen in the same sequence






37. What happened in the past






38. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






39. More confident and more outgoing






40. 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






41. Based on the standard deviation






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






49. 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






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