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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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






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






5. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






6. 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)






7. 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






8. 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






9. Stages all happen in the same sequence






10. 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)






11. 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)






12. The sens of balance is known as ________________






13. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






15. 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






16. _____ had a huge impact on






17. 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






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






19. 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






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






21. 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






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






23. 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 )






24. What are 5 different types of testing?






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






28. What happened in the past






29. More confident and more outgoing






30. 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 )






31. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






32. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






33. 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






34. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






35. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






36. 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






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. 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






39. 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






40. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






41. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






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






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






47. Behavior being measured in experiment






48. 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






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






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