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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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)






2. Piaget believes a child's moral reasoning is tied to their ________; because the 6 year old child has not mastered decentration yet so he can only focus on 1 thing at a time and he focused on the size of the stain so the child with the bigger stain w






3. 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






4. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






5. 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






6. 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 )






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






9. 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 )






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






11. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






12. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






15. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






16. 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)






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






19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. These individuals often times have more feelings of inferiority - not as popular as the ..... typically - more likely to engage in attention getting behavior (silly goofy stuff)






27. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






34. More confident and more outgoing






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






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. What are 5 different types of testing?






38. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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






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






41. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






44. Young kids that talk to themselves






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

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






47. 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






48. What are the two types of adaptation?






49. 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.






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