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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






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. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






5. 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






6. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






7. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






8. 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






9. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






10. More confident and more outgoing






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






12. 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 )






13. 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






14. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






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






24. 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)






25. 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






26. 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






27. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






28. 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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29. 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)






30. 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 )






31. 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






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






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






34. 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.






35. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






36. Are the scores repeatable?






37. Belief that some people have that they have little or no control over their lives ; those that often have this have problems with depression






38. 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






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






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






41. Behavior being measured in experiment






42. 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






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






44. Young kids that talk to themselves






45. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






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