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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. The sens of balance is known as ________________






2. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






11. 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






12. 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






13. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






14. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






16. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






18. 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






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






20. 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)






21. 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)


22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. 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






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






28. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






29. 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






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






31. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






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






33. 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






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






35. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






36. More confident and more outgoing






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






38. 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






39. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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


41. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






42. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






46. 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






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






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






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






50. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?