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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Piaget also believes the cognitive stages children go through are _______






2. 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






3. 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






4. These kids are only considered 'retarded' during the 6 hours they attend school; characteristics mostly male - minority - come from lower SES familes






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






6. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






9. 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






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






11. What happened in the past






12. 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






13. 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


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






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






16. 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)






17. 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






18. 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 )






19. 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






20. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






21. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






22. _____ had a huge impact on






23. Define intelligence






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






25. 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)






26. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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






33. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






34. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






35. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. What are 5 different types of testing?






40. 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






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






46. Are the scores repeatable?






47. Based on the standard deviation






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






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






50. 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