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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






4. Young kids that talk to themselves






5. 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


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






7. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






17. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






19. 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






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






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






22. What are the two types of adaptation?






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






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






32. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






33. 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 )






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Are the scores repeatable?






38. 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






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






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






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


42. 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.






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






44. 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)






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






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






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