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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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






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. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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

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






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






11. 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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12. 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






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






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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






19. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






20. 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






21. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






23. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. The sens of balance is known as ________________






28. 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






29. 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 )






30. 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






31. 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






32. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






33. 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)






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






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. Sometimes given on reports ; were developed back in WWII by air force psychologists and they were used to screen men for different kinds of programs






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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. When a child encounters a new experience that does not fit an existing scheme _________ becomes necessary






47. More confident and more outgoing






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






49. 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






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