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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What happened in the past






2. 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.






3. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






5. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






6. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






23. Young kids that talk to themselves






24. What are the two types of adaptation?






25. By the age of 9 _________ disappears because they reach the cognitive level where this form of speech does not need to guide their behavior or thinking any more






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






27. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






28. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






29. 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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






35. _____ had a huge impact on






36. 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






37. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






39. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






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






42. More confident and more outgoing






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






44. Based on the standard deviation






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






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

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47. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






49. 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






50. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.