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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Stages all happen in the same sequence






7. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






8. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






10. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






12. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






13. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






14. 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






15. 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






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






17. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






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






19. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






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






24. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






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






26. 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






27. 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 )






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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 )






33. 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






34. 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






35. 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






36. 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






37. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






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






39. 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






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






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






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






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






44. What happened in the past






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






46. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






48. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






49. 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.






50. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____