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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






5. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






6. Said that IQ tests are so biased they should be declared illegal






7. 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






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






9. Define intelligence






10. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






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






14. 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






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






17. 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


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






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






20. Females are ____ times more likely to attempt suicide but when it comes to _____ boys are more successful






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






22. 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






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






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






25. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






26. 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)






27. 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






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


29. 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 )






30. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






32. 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






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






39. 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






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


41. 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






42. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






43. 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)


44. 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






45. 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)






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






47. Stages all happen in the same sequence






48. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






49. 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






50. 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.