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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






4. 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






5. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






7. 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)






8. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






9. Behavior being measured in experiment






10. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






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






18. Young kids that talk to themselves






19. 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






20. 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






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. 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. Stages all happen in the same sequence






24. 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






25. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






28. What are the two types of adaptation?






29. 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






30. 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






31. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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

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






42. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






50. 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