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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






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






3. Based on the standard deviation






4. 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.






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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

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10. 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






11. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






12. Define intelligence






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






14. 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)






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






20. _____ had a huge impact on






21. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






22. What happened in the past






23. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






34. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






43. 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






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






45. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






46. 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 )






47. 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 )






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






49. 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)






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







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