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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






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






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






4. 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






5. 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 )






6. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






7. Behavior being measured in experiment






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






16. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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. 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






19. 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






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






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

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22. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






24. 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






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






26. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






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






28. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






29. 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)






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






35. What are 5 different types of testing?






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






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






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






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






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

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47. 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






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






49. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






50. The sens of balance is known as ________________