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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






2. 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






3. Young kids that talk to themselves






4. 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






5. Are the scores repeatable?






6. 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.






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






8. 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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9. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






10. 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






11. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






12. 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 )






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






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






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






16. 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






17. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






18. More confident and more outgoing






19. 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 )






20. 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






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






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






23. 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)






24. 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






25. 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






26. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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27. What happened in the past






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Stages all happen in the same sequence






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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






48. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






49. 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






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