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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






2. 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






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






4. What are the two types of adaptation?






5. 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






6. 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






7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






8. Behavior being measured in experiment






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






13. 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






14. 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






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. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






17. 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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18. More confident and more outgoing






19. 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






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






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






22. 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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23. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. What are 5 different types of testing?






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. 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.






37. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






38. 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






39. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






42. 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






43. 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 )






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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)






49. 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






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