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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






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






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






5. What are the two types of adaptation?






6. 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






7. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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

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






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






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






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






13. What happened in the past






14. 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






15. The sens of balance is known as ________________






16. 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






17. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






18. 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 )






19. _____ had a huge impact on






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






21. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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






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






28. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






30. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






35. Define intelligence






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






37. 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






38. 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)






39. 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)






40. 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






41. 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






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. 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






44. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






45. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






46. 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






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






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






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






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