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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






2. 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






3. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






4. 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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






16. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






18. 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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19. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






20. 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






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






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






23. _____ had a huge impact on






24. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






27. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






29. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






31. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






35. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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 )






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






42. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






43. 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






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






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






47. What happened in the past






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






49. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






50. 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






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