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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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2. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






3. A mathematical concept that depicts a bell shaped distributions of scores






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






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






6. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






7. 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






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






9. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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






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






15. Piaget believes that the different thinking throughout childhood occurs in _______






16. 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)






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

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






19. Based on the standard deviation






20. _____ had a huge impact on






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






22. 2 to about 7 years; during this stage language develops at a rapid rate - the child no longer thinks as images but in words; increase in terms of language but the way the child thinks is not yet logical






23. 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






24. Define intelligence






25. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






26. 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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27. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






29. 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






30. 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)






31. 1. some people feel as though he may have underestimated the ability of kids 2. he talked about there being 4 distinct stages of development 3. some critics focused too much on what children couldnt do rather than what they could do 4. some think t






32. Behavior being measured in experiment






33. 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






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






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






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






37. 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 )






38. 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






39. 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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40. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






42. 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






43. 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.






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






47. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






49. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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







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