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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






4. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






5. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






8. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






9. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






13. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






26. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






27. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






28. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






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






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






31. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






32. 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






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






35. 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






36. Based on the standard deviation






37. 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






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






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






40. 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 )






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






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






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






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






46. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






49. 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






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