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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. What are the two types of adaptation?






3. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






6. 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






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






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

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






10. 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






11. 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






12. Psychologists observe events as they naturally occur in the real world; observe behavior w/out influencing it; used for ethical reasons(ex: child that was being physically abused as a child then became a criminal ) by observing criminals and seeing H






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






14. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






15. 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






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






17. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






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






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






20. Are the scores repeatable?






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






22. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






25. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






28. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






29. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






30. 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.






31. 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






32. Define intelligence






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. More confident and more outgoing






39. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






40. What happened in the past






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. 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






43. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






44. Stages all happen in the same sequence






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






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






50. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary