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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. Based on the standard deviation






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






10. 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






11. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






12. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






13. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






14. Define intelligence






15. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






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






19. 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 )






20. 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






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






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

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23. What are the two types of adaptation?






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






29. Are the scores repeatable?






30. Young kids that talk to themselves






31. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






32. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






34. 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)






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






47. 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






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






49. _____ had a huge impact on






50. 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.