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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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






4. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






8. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






10. What are 5 different types of testing?






11. 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)






12. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. Young kids that talk to themselves






29. 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)






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






31. 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






32. 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)






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






34. 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






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






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






38. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






39. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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

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42. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. More confident and more outgoing






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