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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






2. 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






3. Young kids that talk to themselves






4. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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)






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






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






14. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






18. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






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






20. _____ had a huge impact on






21. More confident and more outgoing






22. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






24. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






25. 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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Behavior being measured in experiment






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






47. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






48. 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






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






50. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score