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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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)






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






5. Are the scores repeatable?






6. More confident and more outgoing






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Define intelligence






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






14. What are the two types of adaptation?






15. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






25. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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. 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)






28. 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






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. 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






31. 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 )






32. 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






33. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






34. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






46. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






48. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






50. Young kids that talk to themselves