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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






3. What happened in the past






4. 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.






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






6. Refers to puberty and the hormones influencing behavior and feelings - what Stanley Hall considered adolescence

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






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. What are the two types of adaptation?






14. 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






15. 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






16. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






17. 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






18. 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)






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. 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






21. 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






22. Said no with respect to any native born english speak child ( if you were born in this country and you speak english then it wont be bias against you)

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






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






25. 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






26. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Define intelligence






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






35. Erikson said if a child is having feelings of role confusion to take a ________






36. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






38. 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 )






39. 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






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






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






42. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






44. 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






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






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






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






50. 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