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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. The child begins to realize that objects can continue to exist when they are out of sight






2. 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






3. What happened in the past






4. 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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






14. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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

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






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






18. 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






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






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






22. 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)






23. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






25. 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






26. Can transform all the GES scores into ______ so they can be compared






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






28. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






29. 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






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






31. What are 5 different types of testing?






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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. The sens of balance is known as ________________






37. 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






38. 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)






39. 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






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. 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






42. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






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






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






47. 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)






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






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. 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