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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






2. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






3. 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)






4. Young kids that talk to themselves






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Are the scores repeatable?






9. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. Define intelligence






15. 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






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






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

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18. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






21. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






23. 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






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






25. 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 )






26. 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






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






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






29. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






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






31. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






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






33. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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45. What are 5 different types of testing?






46. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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






48. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone

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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. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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