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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. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






3. 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






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






5. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






6. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






8. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






9. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






10. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






12. 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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13. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






14. 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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15. 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






16. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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)






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






23. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. What happened in the past






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






37. 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






38. The sens of balance is known as ________________






39. More confident and more outgoing






40. Young kids that talk to themselves






41. 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






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






43. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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