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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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






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






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






5. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






6. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






8. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






11. Behavior being measured in experiment






12. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)


13. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






14. 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






15. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






17. 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)






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






19. 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)






20. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






21. 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


22. 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






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






24. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. 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






33. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






35. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






37. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






38. 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






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


40. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






41. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






43. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






45. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






46. 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






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. Define intelligence






49. 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






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