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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






4. 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






5. What happened in the past






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






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

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






9. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






23. 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.






24. Define intelligence






25. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






34. _____ had a huge impact on






35. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. Based on the standard deviation






43. 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






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






45. 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 )






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






47. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






50. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________







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