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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Behavior being measured in experiment






7. 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






8. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






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






10. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages






11. What happened in the past






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






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






14. What are 5 different types of testing?






15. _____ had a huge impact on






16. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






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. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






19. 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






20. Define intelligence






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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






24. Young kids that talk to themselves






25. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






29. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






30. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






33. 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 )






34. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






38. What are the two types of adaptation?






39. 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)






40. 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






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






42. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






43. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






44. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






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

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46. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






47. 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






48. 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






49. Refers to a persons ability to monitor their own and other peoples feelings and to use this information to guide their thinking and their actions ; some people say this refers more to a personality trait






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