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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






5. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






6. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






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






11. 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)






12. 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






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






14. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






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






22. What happened in the past






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






24. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






26. Based on the standard deviation






27. 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






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






29. 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)






30. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






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






33. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






34. 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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35. More confident and more outgoing






36. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






37. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






38. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






39. 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






40. 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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41. 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.






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






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







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