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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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

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3. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






4. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Based on the standard deviation






10. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






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






12. 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






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






14. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






15. 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






16. 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






17. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






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

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






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






26. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






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






28. _____ had a huge impact on






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






30. 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






31. 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






32. What are 5 different types of testing?






33. 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






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






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






36. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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)






44. 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






45. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






46. 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.






47. 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)






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. Are the scores repeatable?






50. 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