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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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 )






6. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






8. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






10. _____ had a huge impact on






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






12. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






15. Based on the standard deviation






16. 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






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

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18. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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






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






21. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






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






25. 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 )






26. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Being in that area of being able to do things by themselves with a little of assistance






32. 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






33. Young kids that talk to themselves






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






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






39. Found that from an early age boys are encouraged to be competitive - to achieve - and to control the expression of their feelings; girls at an early age are encouraged to develop close relationhips - talk about their troubles - and show affection and






40. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






41. 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






42. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






43. 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)






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






45. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






46. 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






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






49. 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)






50. 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







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