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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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

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3. 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






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






5. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






6. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






7. Based on the standard deviation






8. 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






9. 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)






10. 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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11. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






12. 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






13. 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






14. Behavior being measured in experiment






15. 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






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






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






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






19. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






21. What are 5 different types of testing?






22. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






23. 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






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






25. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






27. 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






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

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






30. 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






31. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






33. 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






34. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






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






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






38. 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.






39. At a disadvantage - were popular with their peers and with boys but all things being equal they were likely to suffer from depression more likely to suffer from an eating disorder more likely to become suicidal ; gain weight earlier which is viewed a






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






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






42. 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






43. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






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






45. Are the scores repeatable?






46. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






47. 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






48. 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






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






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