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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. 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)






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






8. 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






9. 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






10. Young kids that talk to themselves






11. 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






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






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






14. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






15. 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.






16. Based on the standard deviation






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. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






21. 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)






22. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






23. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






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






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. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






33. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






34. What happened in the past






35. 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






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






37. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority


38. 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






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






40. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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