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Educational Psychology Basics
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1. 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
Percentile score
Organizations
1st year ; development of trust
Stanine scores
2. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?
1. sensorimotor stage 2. preoperational stage 3. concrete-operational stage 4. formal operation stage
Beverly Fagot
Frequency distribution
Organization and adaptation
3. 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
Piaget
Double blind study
Control variable
Invariant
4. 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
Identity vs role confusion
Preconventional morality
Independent variable
Naturalistic observations
5. Adolescents who do not feel a sense of crisis about their future career because they avoid thinking about it (lets party attitude)
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Erikson's contributions
Identity diffusion
Vygotsky
6. 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
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
Formal operation stage
Sensorimotor stage
Scheme
7. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are
Vygotsky
Percentile score
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
8. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one
Identity diffusion
Validity
Zone of Proximal Distance
Control variable
9. 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
Assimilation
Identity achievement
Reliability and validity
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
10. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?
James Marcia
6 hour retardets
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Jane Mercer
11. 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
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
James Marcia
Sampling(represents society as a whole - if you dont have a sample then the experiment will be messed up) - control(keep all the variables the same except the independent) - objectivity(some believe some dont) - publication(peer journals) - replicati
Criterion (criteria) reference test
12. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful
Scheme
Early maturing girls
Experimental methods
4 times - successful suicide
13. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do
Critical period
Educational psychology
Egocentric thinking
Industry vs inferiority
14. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Identity diffusion
Post conventional morality
Invariant
15. 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
Hartshore and May
Vygotsky
Nature vs nurture
Independent variable
16. Factor being manipulated in experimental group
Jane Mercer
Preconventional morality
Independent variable
Think at different ages
17. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight
Object permanence
Individual case study
Negative correlation
Vygotsky beliefs
18. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports
Normal curve ( bell shaped curve)
Grade equivalency score
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Double blind study
19. 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
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Naturalistic observation
Independent variable
Cognitive reasoning
20. 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
Different types of tests and surverys
Conservation
Contributions of Piaget
Vygotsky beliefs
21. 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)
Invariant
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
Independent variable
Norm reference test
22. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency
Frequency distribution
Identity diffusion
Arthur JEnsen
Identity achievement
23. 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
Private speech
Contributions of Piaget
Early and late maturation
Grade equivalency score
24. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?
Control variable
Percentile score
Think at different ages
Individual case study - naturalistic observation - tests and surverys
25. 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
Adaptation
Carol Gilligan
Critical period
Naturalistic observations
26. Young kids that talk to themselves
Invariant
Vygotsky calls this Private Speech
Learned helplessness
Autonomy vs shame and doubt; if the child feelds overly criticized or punished or guilty the child may come out of this stage without autonomy and strong feelings of shame and doubt
27. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes
Norm reference test
Laray Pee case
Vygotsky beliefs
Norm reference test ( ACT - GRE - IQ tests - in class exams - special education placement)
28. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement
Late maturing girls
Pase vs Hannon
Object permanence
Normal curve
29. 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
Standard score (derived score)
ZPD - zone of prozimal distance
Vygotsky
Concrete-operational stage
30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.
Criticisms of Piaget
Different types of tests and surverys
Pase vs Hannon
Intelligence
31. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared
Carol Gilligan
Percentile score
Standard score (derived score)
Standardized scores
32. 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
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Educational psychology
Norm reference test
Standardized testing
33. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________
1st year ; development of trust
Critical period
1. Identity diffusion 2. Moratorium 3. identity achievement 4. Identity foreclosure
Experimental and control
34. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually
Educational testing(IQ - group test - leap - standardized testing - Norm reference test - frequency distribution - and criteria reference test
Formal operation stage
Accommodation
Think at different ages
35. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.
Think at different ages
Post conventional morality
Jensen's response to 'are IQ tests bias?'
Equilibrium ( mental balance)
36. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)
Concrete-operational stage
Adaptation
Sandra bem
Late maturing girls
37. 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
Sandra bem
Universal
Educational psychology
Preoperational stage
38. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______
Stages
Sensorimotor stage
Correlation
Reliability
39. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay
Nature vs nurture
Identity diffusion
BITCH test
Moral development
40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills
Intelligence
Late maturing girls
Sandra bem
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
41. 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
Negative correlation
Assimilation and accommodation
Experimental methods
Post conventional morality
42. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
Reliability and validity
Correlation
ZPD - Zone of proximal distance
43. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone
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44. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment
Standardized scores
Psychologists have trouble agreeing on what intelligence is and any type of test including IQ cannot test intelligence it only shows a sample of behavior
4 times - successful suicide
Educational psychology
45. Based on the standard deviation
Object permanence
Standard score (derived score)
Independent variable
Assimilation and accommodation
46. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this
Late maturing girls
1. conservationism 2. De-centration 3. Reversibility
Grade equivalency score
Normal curve
47. Are the scores repeatable?
Standardized scores
Reliability
Conservation
Correlation
48. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development
Negative correlation
Language
Hartshore and May
Preconventional morality
49. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities
Piaget
Vygotsky
Psychoscoial moratorium
Zone of Proximal Distance
50. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount
Experimental and control
Beverly Fargot
Reversibility
Assimilation and accommodation