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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. There are adolescents who accept and endorse the career choice made for them by someone else






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






3. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






4. 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






5. 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






6. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






9. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






11. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






18. Are the scores repeatable?






19. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






20. 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)






21. 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


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






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






24. More confident and more outgoing






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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






33. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. 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






42. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






43. 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 )






44. 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






45. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






46. 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






47. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






49. 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






50. Based on the standard deviation