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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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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9. More confident and more outgoing






10. 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 )






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






12. 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






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






14. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






21. 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






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






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






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






25. 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)






26. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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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34. 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






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






36. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






37. 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






38. 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)






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






40. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






42. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






43. 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.






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






50. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served