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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






3. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






9. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






10. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






11. 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






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

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13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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 )






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






18. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Define intelligence






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






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






27. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






36. 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






37. The sens of balance is known as ________________






38. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






39. 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






40. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






41. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






43. Stages all happen in the same sequence






44. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






46. 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






47. What are the two types of adaptation?






48. 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.






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






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