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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






3. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






4. 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






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






6. 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






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






8. 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 )






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






17. 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.






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

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19. 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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20. Based on the standard deviation






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






22. What happened in the past






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






24. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






25. 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






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






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






28. What are 5 different types of testing?






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. 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)






35. 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






36. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






37. 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.






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. 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 )






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






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






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. 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






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






47. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






48. 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






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






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