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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Young kids that talk to themselves






2. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






5. 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






6. Define intelligence






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






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






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






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






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






12. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






13. 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 )






14. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






15. 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






16. More confident and more outgoing






17. 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 )






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






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






20. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






21. 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






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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






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

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32. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






33. 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






34. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






35. 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






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






37. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






38. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






47. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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