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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






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. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






5. 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)






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






11. Define intelligence






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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






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






18. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






19. 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.






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






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






22. What happened in the past






23. 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






24. What are the two types of adaptation?






25. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






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






27. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 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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35. 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






36. 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






37. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






38. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






40. 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






41. 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)






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. The sens of balance is known as ________________






47. 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






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






49. 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






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