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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 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 )






7. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






8. 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






9. One individual is studied in dept for a long period of time (situations: you would use this - people in war - murder's - serial killers - multiple personalities)(children with skills to advanced for their age)






10. 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






11. What are the two types of adaptation?






12. 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






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






14. Age of 12 to 15 years; during this stage the child will be going through adolescence and will develop a sense of ____ or _____ where they arent really sure how to behave or how to be accepted by other or who they are






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






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






17. 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






18. Young kids that talk to themselves






19. 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 )






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






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






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






23. Goes from birth to age 1 - during this stage he believes the child begins to learn whether or not they can trust their world

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






25. Believed that intelligence is 80% due to heredity; he also believes that innate differences may exist between blacks and whites






26. 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






27. What happened in the past






28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






33. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






34. 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






35. 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






36. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






37. The sens of balance is known as ________________






38. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






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






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






43. _____ had a huge impact on






44. Compare an individuals performance to that of his or her peers ; 1. they are objective 2. have predetermined answers 3. compare a student's performance to the performance of others 4. the performance is evaluated in terms of norms






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






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






47. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






50. 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.