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Educational Psychology Basics

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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. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






3. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






4. More confident and more outgoing






5. 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






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






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






8. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






10. Define intelligence






11. 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






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






13. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






15. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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

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






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






19. Young kids that talk to themselves






20. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






21. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






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






23. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






29. 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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30. 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)






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

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32. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






35. Based on the standard deviation






36. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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 )






41. 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






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






43. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. 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







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