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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






3. Define intelligence






4. 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






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






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






7. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






9. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






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






11. What happened in the past






12. Behavior being measured in experiment






13. 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






14. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






15. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






17. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






20. 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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21. 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






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






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. 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






25. 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






26. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






27. 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.






28. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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

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31. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






32. 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






33. 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






34. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






35. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






40. Based on the standard deviation






41. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






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






46. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






47. 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)






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






49. 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






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