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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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)






2. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






4. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence


5. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






7. What are 5 different types of testing?






8. 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 )






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






10. _____ had a huge impact on






11. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






13. Stages all happen in the same sequence






14. 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






15. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






16. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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)


24. 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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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)






42. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






43. 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






44. Young kids that talk to themselves






45. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time