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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






5. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






10. 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)






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






12. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






13. 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 )






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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

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






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






22. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






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






29. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






30. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






31. 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






32. 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






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






34. 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






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






36. What are the two types of adaptation?






37. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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. 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






49. Are the scores repeatable?






50. 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