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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






2. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






3. 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






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






5. Based on the standard deviation






6. 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






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






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






9. What are the two types of adaptation?






10. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






11. 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)






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






13. Are the scores repeatable?






14. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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






16. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. 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






24. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






25. 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






26. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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






35. 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.






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






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






42. When you play besides someone but not really interacting with them






43. The purpose of a ____ is to separate the performance of individuals so that there is a distribution of scores from the highest to the lowest score






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






45. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






46. 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






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






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






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






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

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