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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






2. 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






3. Based on the standard deviation






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






5. 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






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






7. _____ had a huge impact on






8. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






12. 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






13. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. 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 )






25. 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






26. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






27. 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






28. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Are the scores repeatable?






34. 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


35. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






39. 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






40. 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)






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






42. More confident and more outgoing






43. What happened in the past






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






45. 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






46. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






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


48. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






49. Young kids that talk to themselves






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