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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






2. 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)






3. Are the scores repeatable?






4. 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.






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






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






7. _____ had a huge impact on






8. 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






9. 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 )






10. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. What happened in the past






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






21. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. Based on the standard deviation






25. 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






26. More confident and more outgoing






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






28. 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






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






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

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31. 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






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






33. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






35. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. Stages all happen in the same sequence






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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.






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






50. 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