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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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 )






9. What are the two types of adaptation?






10. 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






11. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






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






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






14. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






15. 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)






16. Young kids that talk to themselves






17. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






19. Are the scores repeatable?






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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

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28. 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






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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. What happened in the past






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






35. Define intelligence






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






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. _____ had a huge impact on






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. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






41. Behavior being measured in experiment






42. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






43. 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






44. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. 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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