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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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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. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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. 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 )






11. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






13. 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






14. Was influenced by the works of Erikson - talked about adolescents going through different identity statuses ( identity choices )






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






16. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






17. 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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






23. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






25. 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






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






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






28. What happened in the past






29. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






30. 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






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

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32. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






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






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






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






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






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






38. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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)






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






49. 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






50. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______