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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






4. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






6. 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






7. Probably the most often looked at score when people look at reports






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






14. About 7 to 11 years old; this stage is a major turning point in a child's cognitive development ; child's thinking begins to resemble that of an adult more than that of a child ; child is able to utilize conservation - decentration - and reversibilit






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 9 to about 20 years old ; this group he says follows the rules of society because they are the rules of society ; follow the rules to impress other people (like parents and teachers and to show their respect for authority )






23. 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






24. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






25. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






26. 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






27. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






30. 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






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






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. Are the scores repeatable?






34. 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






35. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. 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)






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






41. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






42. More confident and more outgoing






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






44. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






45. 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






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


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






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






49. 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






50. 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)