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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






2. Young kids that talk to themselves






3. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






13. What happened in the past






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

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15. 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






16. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






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






20. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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.






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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 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 )






33. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






34. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






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






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






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






38. 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)






39. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






41. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






42. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






43. 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






44. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






45. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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