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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. The sens of balance is known as ________________






3. _____ had a huge impact on






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






5. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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






7. 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)






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






9. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






10. What are 5 different types of testing?






11. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






14. Stages all happen in the same sequence






15. 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






16. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






17. 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






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






19. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






20. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






21. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






22. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






28. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






30. 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






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






32. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






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






34. 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






35. What are the two types of adaptation?






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. Define intelligence






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






41. 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






42. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






45. More confident and more outgoing






46. What happened in the past






47. 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






48. 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.






49. Are the scores repeatable?






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