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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






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






4. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






11. When a baby begins to attach to their mother -he did research with ducks. He would take the place of the mother duck during this time of imprinting and the ducks would imprint to him.






12. What are 5 different types of testing?






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. 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






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






18. 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






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






20. Define intelligence






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






27. 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






28. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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

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32. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






34. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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35. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






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






37. 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 )






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






39. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






41. Are the scores repeatable?






42. 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.






43. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






46. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






47. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






49. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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







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