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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






4. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






5. 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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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)


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






19. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






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






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






23. 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)






24. 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






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






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






27. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






28. 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






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






30. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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






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


40. 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






41. _____ had a huge impact on






42. 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






43. What are 5 different types of testing?






44. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






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






46. Behavior being measured in experiment






47. 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)






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






49. 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






50. 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