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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






2. 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 )






3. 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






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






5. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






6. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






9. 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)






10. 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






11. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






12. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






16. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






23. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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

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26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






32. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






33. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






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






35. 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






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Define intelligence






41. 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 )






42. 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






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






44. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






47. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






48. Based on the standard deviation






49. 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






50. 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