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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






7. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






8. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






11. More confident and more outgoing






12. 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






13. 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






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. Behavior being measured in experiment






16. 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






17. 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






18. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






19. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






22. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






23. 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)






24. _____ had a huge impact on






25. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






26. 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






27. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






28. 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






29. 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






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






31. Based on the standard deviation






32. 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






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






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






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






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






37. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






38. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






40. 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






41. What happened in the past






42. 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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Experimental method consists of 2 groups: _____ and ________






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

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49. Define intelligence






50. Young kids that talk to themselves