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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






8. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






9. 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






10. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






11. 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






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






13. Behavior being measured in experiment






14. 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






15. What happened in the past






16. 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






17. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






18. Are the scores repeatable?






19. 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






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






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






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






23. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






24. 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






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






26. 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 )






27. 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






28. More confident and more outgoing






29. Define intelligence






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






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






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






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






34. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






35. 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






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






37. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






38. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






40. 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 )






41. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






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






43. 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






44. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






45. 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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46. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






48. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






49. Based on the standard deviation






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