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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






2. 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






3. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






4. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






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






14. 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)






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






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






17. Define intelligence






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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.






23. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






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






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






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






29. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






30. 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






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






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






33. What happened in the past






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






35. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






38. 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






39. More confident and more outgoing






40. 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






41. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






43. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






44. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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






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

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






50. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____