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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. 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.






3. 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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4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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






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






9. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






10. 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






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






12. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






16. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






24. 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






25. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






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






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






28. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






29. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






32. 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






33. 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






34. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






36. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






37. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






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






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

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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






48. 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)






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






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