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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






4. What are 5 different types of testing?






5. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






7. 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






8. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






9. 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






10. 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






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






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






13. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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)






20. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






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






22. 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






23. What happened in the past






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






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






26. 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






27. 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






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. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






30. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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

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






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






37. 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






38. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






39. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






46. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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