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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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)


4. The sens of balance is known as ________________






5. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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


9. 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






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






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






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






13. What are the two types of adaptation?






14. Young kids that talk to themselves






15. 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






16. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






18. 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






19. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






32. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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


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






35. Stages all happen in the same sequence






36. 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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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


44. 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






45. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






46. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






48. 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)






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. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score