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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






2. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






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






13. 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)






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






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






16. What are the two types of adaptation?






17. 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.






18. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






21. 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






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. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






30. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






31. 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






32. Young kids that talk to themselves






33. 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)






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






35. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






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






37. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






40. What are 5 different types of testing?






41. 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






42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. 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