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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






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






3. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






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






15. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






19. What happened in the past






20. 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






21. 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






22. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






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






24. What are the two types of adaptation?






25. 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






26. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






27. 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






28. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






30. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






41. 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)






42. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






43. Define intelligence






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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.






50. 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