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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






4. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






6. 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






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






8. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






9. 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






10. Young kids that talk to themselves






11. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






13. Stages all happen in the same sequence






14. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






15. 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






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






23. 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






24. Based on the standard deviation






25. 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)






26. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






27. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






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






30. Are the scores repeatable?






31. 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






32. More confident and more outgoing






33. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






34. 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






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






36. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






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






38. 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






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________