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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






3. _____ had a huge impact on






4. 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






5. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






6. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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






20. Behavior being measured in experiment






21. What are 5 different types of testing?






22. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






23. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






31. Define intelligence






32. 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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






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. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






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

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43. 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






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






45. Stages all happen in the same sequence






46. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






50. 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)