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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






3. What happened in the past






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






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






6. Stages all happen in the same sequence






7. 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






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. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






10. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






12. 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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13. 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






14. Based on the standard deviation






15. 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 )






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Define intelligence






23. 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






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






26. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






28. 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.






29. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






30. 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






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






32. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






37. Behavior being measured in experiment






38. 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






39. 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






40. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






41. 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)






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






43. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






46. 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.






47. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






49. 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)






50. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.