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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






3. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






4. 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






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






6. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






8. 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.






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

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10. 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






11. 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






12. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






13. 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






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






15. 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)






16. 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






17. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






30. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






34. 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 )






35. 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






36. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






39. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






40. 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






41. 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






42. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






43. 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.






44. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






46. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






47. 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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48. 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






49. 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






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