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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






5. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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

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7. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






8. What happened in the past






9. 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






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






11. _____ had a huge impact on






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






13. 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






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






20. Based on the standard deviation






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

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22. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






23. 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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24. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






25. 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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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.






35. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






36. 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.






37. 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






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






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






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






41. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






44. More confident and more outgoing






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






46. 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






47. Define intelligence






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






49. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






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