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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






3. 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






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






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

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6. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






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






8. Stages all happen in the same sequence






9. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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






21. 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






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






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






24. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






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






26. 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.






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. 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






31. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






32. _____ had a huge impact on






33. 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)






34. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






36. 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






37. Birth to about 9 years old ; kohlberg says young kids do not understand the rules of society; they follow the rules to avoid punishment






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






39. Define intelligence






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






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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)






45. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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