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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






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






3. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






5. 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






6. _____ had a huge impact on






7. 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






8. Did research and used moral dellima stories like Kohlberg to compare males to females; discovered women showed more care/concern; men experience more of a feeling of justice being served






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






11. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






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






13. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






14. 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






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






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

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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






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






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. study of psychological problems related to education - apply psychology theories and research to the class






33. 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






34. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






35. What are the 4 cognitive stages developed by Piaget?






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






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

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






39. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






40. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






43. What are 5 different types of testing?






44. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






48. The sens of balance is known as ________________






49. 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






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