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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






2. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






4. 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






5. _____ had a huge impact on






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






7. 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






8. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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9. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






10. 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






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






12. 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.






13. 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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14. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






15. Williams developed a test called black intelligence test of cultural homogeniasis test known as _________






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

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17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. What happened in the past






22. 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)






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






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






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






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






28. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






29. 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






30. 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






31. Are the scores repeatable?






32. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






35. 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.






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






37. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






38. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






39. 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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






49. 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 )






50. An organized pattern of behavior or thought