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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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






7. 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)






8. 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






9. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






11. Based on the standard deviation






12. 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






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






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






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






16. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






17. 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






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

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19. 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






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






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






23. More confident and more outgoing






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






25. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






26. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






31. The sens of balance is known as ________________






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






39. Are the scores repeatable?






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






41. _____ had a huge impact on






42. 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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43. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






46. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






47. 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.






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






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






50. What happened in the past