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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






2. 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 )






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






4. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






5. 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






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






7. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






8. 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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






14. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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

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16. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






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






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






20. 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






21. Define intelligence






22. 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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23. 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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24. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






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






26. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






28. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Based on the standard deviation






35. 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)






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






41. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






42. 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






43. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






44. 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






45. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






46. 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






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






48. Are the scores repeatable?






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






50. 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