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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






2. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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)






9. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






10. 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






11. What happened in the past






12. 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






13. 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






14. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






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






16. 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






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






18. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






20. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






22. 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






23. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






24. 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






25. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






26. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






29. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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






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






32. 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)






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






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






35. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






37. 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)






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






39. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






40. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






41. 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.






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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