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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






2. 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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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

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10. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






16. What happened in the past






17. 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)






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. Based on the standard deviation






23. 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)






24. 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






25. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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. 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






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






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






37. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






41. 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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42. 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






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






44. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






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

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46. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






47. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






48. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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