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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






5. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






8. 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 )






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






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






11. 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






12. 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)






13. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






14. 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






15. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






16. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






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






21. Define intelligence






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






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






24. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






26. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






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






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






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






30. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






31. 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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






37. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






38. Behavior being measured in experiment






39. More confident and more outgoing






40. What happened in the past






41. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






44. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. 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)






50. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time