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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






2. 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






3. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






4. 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






5. 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






6. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






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






10. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






12. 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






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






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






15. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






16. 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.






17. 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






18. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






19. 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






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






21. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






22. 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)






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

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24. What are the two types of adaptation?






25. Define intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






38. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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39. 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






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






41. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






43. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






44. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






45. 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






46. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






47. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






48. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






50. 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






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