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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






2. 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






3. 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






4. Behavior being measured in experiment






5. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






13. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






15. Are the scores repeatable?






16. 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)






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






18. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






21. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






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






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






28. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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

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






32. 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






33. What happened in the past






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






35. More confident and more outgoing






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






37. 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)






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

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39. 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






40. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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. 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.






43. 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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






49. 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






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