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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






2. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. _____ had a huge impact on






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






12. What are 5 different types of testing?






13. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






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

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






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






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






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






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






22. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. Are the scores repeatable?






29. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






31. 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






32. Behavior being measured in experiment






33. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






34. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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.






42. 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






43. 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.






44. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






46. 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






47. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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48. 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






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






50. 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