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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. Define intelligence






11. 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






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






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






14. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






15. 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






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






17. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






18. 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.






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






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

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21. 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






22. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






26. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






28. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






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






34. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






35. Based on the standard deviation






36. What happened in the past






37. 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






38. 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 )






39. 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






40. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. What are the two types of adaptation?






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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