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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






3. Stages all happen in the same sequence






4. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






5. 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






6. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






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






8. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






9. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






16. 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






17. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






20. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






21. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






22. 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


23. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






26. What happened in the past






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






28. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






29. 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






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






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






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






33. 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 )






34. 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






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






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






37. More confident and more outgoing






38. 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






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






40. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






42. 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






43. 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






44. What are 5 different types of testing?






45. 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






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






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






48. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






49. 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 )






50. 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