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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. 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






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






3. 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)






4. 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






5. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






9. 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






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






11. 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 )






12. She said what we should strive for is psychological androgony (means not gender specific - can be both male and female characteristics)






13. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






14. 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






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






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






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






18. 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)






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






25. 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






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






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






28. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






30. 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






31. Are the scores repeatable?






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






33. What are the two types of adaptation?






34. 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)






35. 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






36. 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






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






38. 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.






39. What happened in the past






40. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






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






42. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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

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






46. Piaget says the cognitive stages a child goes through are _________






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. 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