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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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)






9. Stages all happen in the same sequence






10. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






11. What are the two types of adaptation?






12. 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






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






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. 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






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






17. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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






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






20. 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






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






22. 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)






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






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

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25. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






31. 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






32. 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






33. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






34. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






36. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






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






38. 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






39. Behavior being measured in experiment






40. 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






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






42. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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

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45. 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






46. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






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






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






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






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