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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






3. _____ had a huge impact on






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. Based on the standard deviation






6. 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






7. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






9. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






10. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






11. 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 )






12. 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






13. What happened in the past






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






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






16. Stages all happen in the same sequence






17. 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






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

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19. 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






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






21. What are the two types of adaptation?






22. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






23. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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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27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






36. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






41. 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






42. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






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






49. 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)






50. Define intelligence