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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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)






4. What happened in the past






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

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






7. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






9. Define intelligence






10. 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






11. 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.






12. 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






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






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






17. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






18. Age 4 to 5 years; during this stage the child beings to learn language ; see alot of exploration from the child ; this initiative to explore will be encouraged if the child doesnt feel guilty






19. 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






20. 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 )






21. _____ had a huge impact on






22. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Relationship between two variables in which the high value of one is associated with a low value of the other; example - outside temperature and weight of clothes people wear






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






32. 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






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






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






35. Based on the standard deviation






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






44. 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

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






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






47. Are the scores repeatable?






48. Stages all happen in the same sequence






49. 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.






50. 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







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