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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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)






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






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






4. 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)






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






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






7. Based on the standard deviation






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






9. 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






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






11. 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 )






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






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






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






15. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






16. 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






17. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






18. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






19. 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






20. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






22. 20 and on up if it happens at all; only a small proportion of adults get to this level; these peoplea re able to understand the moral principles behind the rules of society






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






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






34. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






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






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






37. 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.






38. 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






39. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






40. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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

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






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






44. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






47. 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






48. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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49. 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






50. What are the two types of adaptation?