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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






2. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






3. 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






4. Stages all happen in the same sequence






5. 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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6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






13. 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






14. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






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






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






17. What happened in the past






18. Young kids that talk to themselves






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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. 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






25. Based on the standard deviation






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






36. _____ had a huge impact on






37. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






38. 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






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






40. 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)






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






43. 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)






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






45. 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






46. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






47. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






48. 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






49. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






50. 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 )