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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. 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






3. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. What happened in the past






13. 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






14. 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






15. _____ had a huge impact on






16. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






24. 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






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






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






28. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






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






30. The sens of balance is known as ________________






31. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






33. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






34. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






36. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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

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39. 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)






40. Are the scores repeatable?






41. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






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






43. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






49. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






50. Does it measure what it claims to measure?