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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






2. 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






3. What happened in the past






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






9. 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






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






11. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






14. 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






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






16. Stages all happen in the same sequence






17. 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






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






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






21. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






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






23. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






24. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






25. 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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26. More confident and more outgoing






27. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






30. 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






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






32. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






33. Are the scores repeatable?






34. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






35. _____ had a huge impact on






36. 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






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






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

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39. 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






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






41. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






42. 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






43. 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






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






45. Describing relationships between two factors is a correlation: a statistical description of how closely two variables are related. They can range from -1.00 to +1.00.






46. 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.






47. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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






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






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







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