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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






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






3. 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






4. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






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






7. 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.






8. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






12. 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 )






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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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22. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






23. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






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






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






26. 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






27. What are the two types of adaptation?






28. More confident and more outgoing






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






32. 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






33. 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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34. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






35. 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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. Based on the standard deviation






43. Behavior being measured in experiment






44. 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)






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






49. 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






50. Young kids that talk to themselves