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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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.






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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. What are the two types of adaptation?






15. 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






16. 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






17. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






25. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






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






31. 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


32. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






34. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






36. 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)






37. More confident and more outgoing






38. Based on the standard deviation






39. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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)






47. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






49. 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






50. 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