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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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 )






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






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






13. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






15. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






16. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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

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18. 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






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






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






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






22. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






25. _____ had a huge impact on






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






27. 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






28. What happened in the past






29. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






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






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






32. 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






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. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






35. 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)






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






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






38. The sens of balance is known as ________________






39. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Stages all happen in the same sequence