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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. 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 )






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

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4. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






5. 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.






6. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. What are 5 different types of testing?






14. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






15. More confident and more outgoing






16. Stages all happen in the same sequence






17. Are the scores repeatable?






18. 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






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. 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






21. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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






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






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






40. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






41. Behavior being measured in experiment






42. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






43. 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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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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50. 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







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