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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






4. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






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






7. 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






8. Based on the standard deviation






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


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






11. 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






12. 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


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






14. Define intelligence






15. 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






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






17. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






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






19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






21. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






22. What are 5 different types of testing?






23. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






24. 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






25. 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






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






27. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






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






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






31. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






33. 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






34. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






35. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






40. 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.






41. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






42. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






43. 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)






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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 )






47. 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






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






49. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






50. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one