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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






2. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






7. What are the two types of adaptation?






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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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14. 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






15. 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 )






16. More confident and more outgoing






17. Are the scores repeatable?






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






23. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






27. 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






28. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






30. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






32. 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






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






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






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






36. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






37. The sens of balance is known as ________________






38. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






39. 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






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






41. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






42. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






45. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






46. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






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






48. 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






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






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







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