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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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

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3. 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






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






5. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






6. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






7. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






8. 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






9. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






10. Based on the standard deviation






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






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






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






16. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






17. 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






18. 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






19. 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






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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






32. 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






33. 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 )






34. 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






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






36. Young kids that talk to themselves






37. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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






49. Define intelligence






50. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards