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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






3. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






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






5. 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






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. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






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






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






18. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






19. Based on the standard deviation






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






22. 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






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






24. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






25. _____ had a huge impact on






26. 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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27. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






28. Stages all happen in the same sequence






29. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






32. 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






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

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34. Define intelligence






35. They were more self confident - had higher self esteem - more likely to be leaders and more likely to receive favorable comments from adults ; this happens because the look ... and are better athletes; the only bad thing is that they are more likely






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






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






38. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






39. 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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






50. 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