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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






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






3. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






6. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






8. 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






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






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






11. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






13. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






14. 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)






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






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






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






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

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19. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






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






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






22. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






35. 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)






36. Are the scores repeatable?






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. What happened in the past






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






46. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






48. 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






49. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






50. Behavior being measured in experiment