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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






4. Based on the standard deviation






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






6. 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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7. 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






8. 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 )






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






10. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






11. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






18. 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






19. Are the scores repeatable?






20. 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 )






21. 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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22. 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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






30. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






31. 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






32. Behavior being measured in experiment






33. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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






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






36. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






44. What happened in the past






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

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






47. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






48. 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






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






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