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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






2. Young kids that talk to themselves






3. 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






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






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






6. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






8. 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)






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






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






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






12. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






13. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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

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15. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






16. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






17. 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






18. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






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






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






22. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






23. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






25. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






32. 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






33. 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)

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






35. 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






36. Behavior being measured in experiment






37. 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






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






39. 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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40. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






44. 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)






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?