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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






13. 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






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






15. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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






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






18. 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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. What are 5 different types of testing?






25. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






26. 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.






27. 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






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

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29. _____ had a huge impact on






30. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






31. 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






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






33. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






34. 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






35. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






37. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






39. 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






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






41. Based on the standard deviation






42. 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






43. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






44. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?