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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. _____ had a huge impact on






3. What are 5 different types of testing?






4. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






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






6. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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


8. 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.






9. 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






10. 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


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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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 )






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






20. 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






21. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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






23. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






25. What happened in the past






26. 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






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






28. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






31. 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)






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






33. 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






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






35. Are the scores repeatable?






36. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






37. 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






38. 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)






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






40. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






41. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






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