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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. Stages all happen in the same sequence






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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






11. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






12. Define intelligence






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






14. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






15. 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






16. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






17. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






23. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






24. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






26. Based on the standard deviation






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






31. The sens of balance is known as ________________






32. 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






33. 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






34. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






35. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






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






39. What are 5 different types of testing?






40. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






41. 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)






42. 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






43. _____ had a huge impact on






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






45. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






48. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






49. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






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







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