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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
Instructions:
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1. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






3. What happened in the past






4. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






6. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






7. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






8. 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)


9. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






10. 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






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






12. Define intelligence






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


14. 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






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






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






18. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. _____ had a huge impact on






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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






26. 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






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






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






29. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






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






31. 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.






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






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






34. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






35. 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






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






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






38. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






42. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






44. 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






45. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






47. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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