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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






7. 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






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






9. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






11. 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






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

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13. 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






14. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






15. What happened in the past






16. The sens of balance is known as ________________






17. Define intelligence






18. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






20. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






21. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






24. 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 )






25. 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 )






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






27. 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






28. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






29. 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






30. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






31. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






32. 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






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






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






35. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






37. 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






38. Are the scores repeatable?






39. What are 5 different types of testing?






40. Based on the standard deviation






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






42. More confident and more outgoing






43. 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






44. What are the two types of adaptation?






45. 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






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






47. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






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

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






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







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