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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






12. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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 )






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






18. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. 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.






25. 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






26. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






27. More confident and more outgoing






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






29. 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






30. 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






31. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






32. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






34. Behavior being measured in experiment






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

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37. 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






38. 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






39. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






40. What happened in the past






41. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






42. 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 )






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






44. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 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