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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






2. 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






3. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






5. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






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






7. 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






8. More confident and more outgoing






9. Behavior being measured in experiment






10. 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






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






18. 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 )






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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






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. 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






25. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






26. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






29. 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






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






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






32. 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






33. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






42. Are the scores repeatable?






43. Define intelligence






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

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






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






47. 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






48. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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