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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






2. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






6. Are the scores repeatable?






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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)






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






13. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






20. 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)






21. 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 )






22. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






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






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






25. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






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






27. 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






28. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






29. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






30. 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






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






37. What are 5 different types of testing?






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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 )






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






49. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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







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