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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






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






4. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






10. What happened in the past






11. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






14. 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






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

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16. 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






17. 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






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






21. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






22. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






23. What are the two types of adaptation?






24. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Define intelligence






31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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 )






38. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






39. 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






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






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






42. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






44. 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






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






46. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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. Based on the standard deviation






49. 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






50. 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