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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Define intelligence






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






13. 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






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. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






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






17. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






18. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






19. Stages all happen in the same sequence






20. 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






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






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






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






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






25. 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






26. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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






28. What happened in the past






29. The sens of balance is known as ________________






30. 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)






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






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






33. More confident and more outgoing






34. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






35. 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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36. 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






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






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






39. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






41. 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






42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






44. 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.






45. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.







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