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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






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






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






5. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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.






10. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






13. What are the two types of adaptation?






14. 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 )






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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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18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






20. 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






21. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






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






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. Stages all happen in the same sequence






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. What happened in the past






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






37. Behavior being measured in experiment






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Are the scores repeatable?






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

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44. What are 5 different types of testing?






45. 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






46. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






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






50. 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







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