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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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)






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






7. 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






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






9. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






11. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






14. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






16. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






17. 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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18. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






19. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






21. 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






22. More confident and more outgoing






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. What happened in the past






32. Define intelligence






33. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






35. Part of What is called assessment; a sample of behavior or knowledge and try to draw conclusions based on that






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






37. 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






38. Characterizes : only focus on one characteristic at a time - doesnt have reversibility - often times make decisions based on how things look and have a hard time realizing that an object can posses more than one property or that it can belong to seve






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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)






45. 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






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

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






48. 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






49. Are the scores repeatable?






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

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