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Educational Psychology Basics

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

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2. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






5. More confident and more outgoing






6. 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 )






7. 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






8. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






11. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






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. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






26. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






34. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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 )






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






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






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






42. 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)






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

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44. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






45. 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






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






47. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






48. Define intelligence






49. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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







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