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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What happened in the past






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






3. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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 )






16. What are the two types of adaptation?






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. 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






22. Stages all happen in the same sequence






23. 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)






24. 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






25. 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






26. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






27. Based on the standard deviation






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






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

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






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






32. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






33. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






34. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






35. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






36. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






38. 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






39. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






40. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






41. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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

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47. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






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






49. 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






50. 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