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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






2. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






4. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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 )






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






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority


16. 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






17. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






18. 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






19. 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






20. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






21. 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)






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. 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)






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






26. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






27. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






28. Ages 2 to 3 ; during this stage kids may develop a sense of independence ; they begin to walk and potty train(learn self control) - 'NO!' Erikson believes this is the child developing a sense of _______(self confidence)






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. 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


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






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Stages all happen in the same sequence






45. 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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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