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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Ranking a test from highest to lowest scores ; when psychologists look at test performance they look at measures of central tendency






10. 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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11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. 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)






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. _____ had a huge impact on






24. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






25. 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






26. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






27. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






28. 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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29. Young kids that talk to themselves






30. 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






31. What happened in the past






32. 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






33. 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






34. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






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






36. 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






37. 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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38. Behavior being measured in experiment






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. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






41. The sens of balance is known as ________________






42. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






43. Based on the standard deviation






44. Stages all happen in the same sequence






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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







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