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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






5. Piaget also found that young kids engage in __________; presume that everyone sees things or experiences things the same way as they do






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






7. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






8. 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






9. 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






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






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






12. Based on the standard deviation






13. 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






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






15. What are the two types of adaptation?






16. 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






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

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18. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






20. 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






21. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






24. 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)






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






26. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Achieved the success of trying to encourage your kids to experience success and limit the feelings of inferiority

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31. 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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. 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)






44. 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






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






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






47. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






48. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






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