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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






2. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






3. 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






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






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






6. Based on the standard deviation






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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. 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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22. 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)






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






24. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






28. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






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






30. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






31. 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






32. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






35. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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

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38. 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






39. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






40. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. 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






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






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






45. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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






47. What happened in the past






48. _____ had a huge impact on






49. What are the two types of adaptation?






50. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills