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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






2. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






3. 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






4. 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






5. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






7. 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






8. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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9. 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






10. Based on the standard deviation






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






16. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






19. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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20. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






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






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






23. 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






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






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






26. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






27. 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 )






28. Young kids that talk to themselves






29. 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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






38. 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 )






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






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






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






42. 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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43. 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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44. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






49. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






50. More confident and more outgoing