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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






3. More confident and more outgoing






4. 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






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






6. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






7. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






10. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






11. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






12. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






15. 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






16. _____ had a huge impact on






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






25. 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






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

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






28. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






30. 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






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






32. 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 )






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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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39. 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






40. 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






41. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






42. 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






43. 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






44. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






45. 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






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






47. 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)






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






49. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






50. 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