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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






2. 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)






3. 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






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






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






6. 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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. 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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13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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






18. Behavior being measured in experiment






19. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






20. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






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






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






26. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






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






30. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






32. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






38. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






41. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






44. More confident and more outgoing






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






50. 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