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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






4. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






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






10. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






11. 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)






12. What are 5 different types of testing?






13. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






14. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






16. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






18. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






20. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






21. 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






22. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






23. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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)






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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. 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






41. 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






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






43. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






49. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






50. 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