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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






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






9. 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






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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. _____ had a huge impact on






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






18. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world


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






20. 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






21. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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


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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






36. Define intelligence






37. 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






38. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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)






44. 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






45. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






47. 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






48. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






49. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






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