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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. 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)






6. More confident and more outgoing






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






8. 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






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






11. Behavior being measured in experiment






12. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






13. 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






14. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






15. Are the scores repeatable?






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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 )






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






20. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






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






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






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






25. 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






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






27. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






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






33. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






34. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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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42. 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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43. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






44. 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






45. 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






46. Based on the standard deviation






47. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






48. Define intelligence






49. 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






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