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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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






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






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






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)






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






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






24. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






26. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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






34. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






38. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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






40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






42. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






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






45. Based on the standard deviation






46. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






47. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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