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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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

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






12. 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.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






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






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






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

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






22. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






25. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






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






31. The sens of balance is known as ________________






32. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






33. 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






34. 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






35. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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41. 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






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






43. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






44. 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






45. Behavior being measured in experiment






46. 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






47. 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 )






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






49. 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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50. 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







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