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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






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






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






5. 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






6. 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)


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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






13. Define intelligence






14. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. What happened in the past






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






28. 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






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






30. Young kids that talk to themselves






31. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






38. Stages all happen in the same sequence






39. 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






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


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






42. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






45. 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






46. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






47. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






49. 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






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