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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






14. Are the scores repeatable?






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

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16. 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






17. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






18. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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

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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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






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






28. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






29. 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






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






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. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






33. 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)






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






35. 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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36. 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






37. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






40. 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 )






41. 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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42. 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.






43. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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






50. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually







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