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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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.






2. 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)






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






4. The sens of balance is known as ________________






5. 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






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






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






8. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






9. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






10. 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






11. 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






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






17. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






18. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






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






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






22. Define intelligence






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






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






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






26. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






27. Stages all happen in the same sequence






28. Are the scores repeatable?






29. 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






30. Young kids that talk to themselves






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






36. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






37. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






49. 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






50. 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