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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






2. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






3. 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






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






5. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






6. 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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7. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






8. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






9. 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






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






11. What are the two types of adaptation?






12. 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






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






14. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






15. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Define intelligence






24. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






25. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






26. 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






27. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






35. 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






36. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






37. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






38. 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






39. 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






40. The sens of balance is known as ________________






41. More confident and more outgoing






42. 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






43. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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44. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






45. 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






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






47. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






48. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






49. 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






50. 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 )