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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






2. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






3. 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






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






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






6. More confident and more outgoing






7. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






8. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






9. The sens of balance is known as ________________






10. Define intelligence






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






12. 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)






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. 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 )






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






37. _____ had a huge impact on






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






39. 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)






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






46. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






47. 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.






48. 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






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






50. 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 )







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