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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget didnt believe that _____ plays an imporant role in the child's cognitive development






2. Behavior being measured in experiment






3. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






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






5. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






14. What are the two types of adaptation?






15. 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






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


17. A derived score that indicates the percentage of people at or below this raw score






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






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






25. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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


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






28. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






30. 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






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. 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






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






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






35. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






36. 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 )






37. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world


38. 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






39. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






40. 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


41. 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






42. Are the scores repeatable?






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. 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






45. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






46. 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






47. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






48. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






49. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






50. 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