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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






5. 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)






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






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






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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. Are the scores repeatable?






15. 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






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






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






18. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






19. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






20. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






21. Define intelligence






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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






27. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






28. 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






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






30. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






31. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






35. More confident and more outgoing






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






37. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






39. 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






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


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






42. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






43. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






44. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






46. 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






47. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






49. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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