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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. The sens of balance is known as ________________






6. 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






7. 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






8. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






9. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






10. More confident and more outgoing






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






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






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

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






20. 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






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






22. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






23. What are 5 different types of testing?






24. 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






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. 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






27. 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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28. 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 )






29. 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)






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






31. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






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






46. Define intelligence






47. 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






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






50. 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