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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






3. 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






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






5. What are the two types of adaptation?






6. 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






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






8. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






9. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






11. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






12. 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






13. More confident and more outgoing






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






15. 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






16. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






20. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






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






22. Define intelligence






23. 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)






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






25. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence


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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






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






39. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






40. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






41. Based on the standard deviation






42. 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






43. Are the scores repeatable?






44. 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






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. Factor being manipulated in experimental group