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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






6. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






10. 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 )






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. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. Based on the standard deviation






17. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






18. 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






19. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






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






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

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






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






32. 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






33. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






35. 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






36. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






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






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






39. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






41. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






47. 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






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. What are the two types of adaptation?






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