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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






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






4. Define intelligence






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






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






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






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

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






10. 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






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






12. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






13. 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






14. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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)






19. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






22. 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)






23. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






24. 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.






25. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






26. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






27. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






29. 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






30. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






32. Behavior being measured in experiment






33. 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






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






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






36. What are the two types of adaptation?






37. 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






38. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






39. 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 )






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. What are 5 different types of testing?






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






50. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________