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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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.






3. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






4. 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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5. Define intelligence






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






7. 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






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






9. What happened in the past






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






19. 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






20. More confident and more outgoing






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






22. Stages all happen in the same sequence






23. 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






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






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






26. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






27. What are 5 different types of testing?






28. 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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29. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






30. 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)






31. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






35. 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






36. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






44. 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






45. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






46. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight







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