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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






2. 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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3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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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8. 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 )






9. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






11. 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






12. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






13. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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






15. What happened in the past






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






21. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






22. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






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






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

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25. 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






26. 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






27. _____ had a huge impact on






28. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






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






30. 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






31. 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)






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






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






34. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






37. 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






38. Define intelligence






39. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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






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






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