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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






12. 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






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






14. 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)






15. 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






16. 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






17. What are 5 different types of testing?






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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. More confident and more outgoing






26. Based on the standard deviation






27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. 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






29. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






39. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






40. 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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41. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






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






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






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






46. Stages all happen in the same sequence






47. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






49. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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