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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. What are the two types of adaptation?






3. 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






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






5. 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






6. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






8. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






11. 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






12. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






14. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






15. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






16. 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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. 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)

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21. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






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






25. 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)






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






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






28. The sens of balance is known as ________________






29. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






30. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. Are the scores repeatable?






35. 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)






36. 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






37. What happened in the past






38. 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






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






40. 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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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 )






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






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






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