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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






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






9. 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






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






11. More confident and more outgoing






12. 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






13. Where is this new experience causes a change in an existing scheme ; child may have to modify this scheme (ex: john lenon's child adding a new idea of what a court is )






14. 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






15. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






17. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






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

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






27. 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






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






29. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






32. 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)






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






34. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






35. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)






36. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






37. 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






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






39. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






40. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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. 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






44. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






45. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






48. 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






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






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