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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






3. 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.






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






5. The sens of balance is known as ________________






6. 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






7. 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






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






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






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






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






12. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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

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14. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






16. 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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17. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






18. 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






19. 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






20. More confident and more outgoing






21. Stages all happen in the same sequence






22. 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)






23. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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






31. Young kids that talk to themselves






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. Behavior being measured in experiment






40. 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






41. 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






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. The occupational choice tends to happen during the beginning of adolescent years : this can lead to an example of _________






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






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