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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






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






3. Based on the standard deviation






4. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






6. 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






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






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






9. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






11. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






17. 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






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






19. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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20. 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






21. Are the scores repeatable?






22. At any point in a child's development there are problems that the child is just on the verge of being able to solve by them but they dont have quite enough skills to solve them themselves; however - if they are given assistance/guidance they are ofte






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






24. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






26. 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)






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






28. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






29. 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)






30. 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






31. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






32. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






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






34. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






36. 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






37. 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






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

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






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






42. Stages all happen in the same sequence






43. 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






44. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






46. 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






47. What happened in the past






48. 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)






49. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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