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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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

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8. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






9. 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






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






11. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






13. 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






14. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






16. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






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






18. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






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






20. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






23. 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






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






25. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






26. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






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






28. 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)






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






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






31. 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






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. 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






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






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






36. 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)






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






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






39. What are the two types of adaptation?






40. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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