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Educational Psychology Basics

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

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2. 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






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






10. 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






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






12. 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






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






14. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






15. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






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






17. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






20. 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)






21. 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






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

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






24. 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 )






25. Are the scores repeatable?






26. 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.






27. 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






28. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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29. 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






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






31. Behavior being measured in experiment






32. 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 )






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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)






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






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






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






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. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






47. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






48. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






50. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?







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