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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






7. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






8. 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






9. 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






10. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






11. In Chicago the judge ruled that IQ tests are not biased against minority kids and that they can be used for placement






12. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






13. Young kids that talk to themselves






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

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15. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






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






20. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






21. Define intelligence






22. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






23. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






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






26. Based on the standard deviation






27. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






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






29. 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

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30. 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.






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






32. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






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






34. 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






35. 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






36. What happened in the past






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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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






42. What are the two types of adaptation?






43. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






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






45. 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






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. 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






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






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






50. 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







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