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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






2. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






6. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






11. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






13. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






14. What happened in the past






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






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






17. 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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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 )






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






24. 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






25. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






26. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






27. 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






28. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






29. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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. 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






39. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






40. What are 5 different types of testing?






41. The sens of balance is known as ________________






42. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






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