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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






3. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






7. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






8. Are the scores repeatable?






9. 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 )






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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)






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. _____ had a huge impact on






20. 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






21. 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






22. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






23. 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






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






25. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






26. 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






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. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






36. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






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






38. 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






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






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






41. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Stages all happen in the same sequence