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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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

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






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






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






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






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






10. Young kids that talk to themselves






11. 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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12. 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






13. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






19. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






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






22. 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)






23. 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






24. 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






25. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






32. Behavior being measured in experiment






33. 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






34. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






35. 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






36. 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)






37. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






38. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






43. Based on the standard deviation






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

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45. 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






46. 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 )






47. 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.






48. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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