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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






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






4. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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

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6. 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






7. 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






8. 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






9. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






10. 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






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






12. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






13. 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)

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14. 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 )






15. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. _____ had a huge impact on






21. 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.






22. 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






23. 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)






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






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






26. The sens of balance is known as ________________






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Stages all happen in the same sequence






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Are the scores repeatable?






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






41. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






42. 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






43. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






46. Being able to realize that properties can stay the same in spite of a change in appearance ; what he found from his study was children under the age of 6 said that there was more water in beaker 1 than beaker 3 (even though it was the same amount of






47. 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






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






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






50. What happened in the past