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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






4. 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)






5. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






6. 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






7. 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






8. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






9. 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






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






12. What are the two types of adaptation?






13. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






15. Goes from birth to about the age of 2 years - during this stage schemes are developed primarily through sensory and motor activities ; around the age of 6 to 8 months the child develops an important cognitive milestone object permanence






16. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






24. 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






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






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






27. 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






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






29. 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






30. Ruled that tests that are biased (IQ tests) cannot be used for the placement of minority kids into classes






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






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






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

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






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






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






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






39. Based on the child themselves - if they reach a certain level they pass ( ex: praxis and leap test) ; measures how well a student has achieved specific objectives






40. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. What happened in the past






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






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