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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. _____ had a huge impact on






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






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






4. 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






5. 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






6. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






9. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






17. 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.






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






19. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






20. Based on the standard deviation






21. Are the scores repeatable?






22. Stages all happen in the same sequence






23. Define intelligence






24. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






26. What are the two types of adaptation?






27. 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






28. 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






29. What are 5 different types of testing?






30. 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






31. 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)






32. 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






33. Did research and found that parents tend to treat their boys and girls differently; they became negative when their daughters were overly physical or athletics ( parents were oten not aware of the negative feedback they gave when their daughter was i






34. Behavior being measured in experiment






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






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






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






45. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






46. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






48. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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


50. 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