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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. Age 6 to 11 years; during this stage the child begins school; if they are sucsessful in school they develop a sense of accomplishment ; these feelings may stay with a child throughout their entire life






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






4. 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






5. Behavior being measured in experiment






6. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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

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9. 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






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






11. Stages all happen in the same sequence






12. 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






13. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






16. 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






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






18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






19. 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






20. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






27. 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






28. 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






29. _____ had a huge impact on






30. 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






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






32. 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)






33. 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)






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






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






36. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






37. 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






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






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






40. 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






41. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






42. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






44. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






47. 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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48. What are the two types of adaptation?






49. Are the scores repeatable?






50. 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