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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. 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.






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






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






7. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






9. 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






10. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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






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






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






15. 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






16. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






17. More confident and more outgoing






18. Based on the standard deviation






19. 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 )






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

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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. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






23. 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






24. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






34. Define intelligence






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






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






37. 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






38. 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)






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






40. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






41. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






42. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






43. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






47. 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 )






48. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






49. 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






50. Stages all happen in the same sequence