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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






10. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






12. 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






13. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






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






18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






19. 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






20. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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31. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






32. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






33. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






35. 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.






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






37. What happened in the past






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






39. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






40. 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






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






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. More confident and more outgoing






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






48. 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






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






50. 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