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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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






4. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






5. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






6. Based on the standard deviation






7. More confident and more outgoing






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






9. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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






16. 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)






17. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






23. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






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






25. The sens of balance is known as ________________






26. 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






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. 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






32. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






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






34. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






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






36. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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






42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






43. 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






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






45. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






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






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






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






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






50. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment







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