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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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)






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Define intelligence






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






29. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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

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31. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






32. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






33. Said alot of kids were able to describe what they were supposed to do in hypothetial situation but when you place them in a real life situation they often engage in the opposite behavior ; final observation: kids know the rules - they just dont follo






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






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. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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

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






44. 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






45. 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 )






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






47. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






48. 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)






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






50. 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