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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Keeping all variables in both groups the same except for one






2. 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)






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






4. Piaget did over 40 years of research using experiments and research of how kids ________.






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






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






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






8. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






10. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






11. 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 )






12. 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






13. 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)






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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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20. 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






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






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






26. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






27. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






28. 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






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






30. We inherit the tendencies to combine processes into coherent systems






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






39. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






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






45. Are the scores repeatable?






46. What are the 3 levels of moral reasoning developed by Kohlberg?






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






49. 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






50. 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