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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






4. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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. 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






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






14. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






16. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






17. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






25. Stages all happen in the same sequence






26. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






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






29. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






36. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






37. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






38. _____ had a huge impact on






39. 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






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






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






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






43. 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)






44. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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45. Young kids that talk to themselves






46. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






47. 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






48. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






49. 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






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