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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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)






2. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






3. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






4. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






9. 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






10. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






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






12. 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






13. 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


14. 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






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






16. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






17. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






18. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






19. More confident and more outgoing






20. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






21. 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






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


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






24. 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.






25. 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)






26. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






27. Stages all happen in the same sequence






28. 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.






29. 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 )






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






31. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world


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






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






34. 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






35. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






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






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






38. Behavior being measured in experiment






39. _____ had a huge impact on






40. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






47. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






48. 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 )






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






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