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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






2. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






3. Behavior being measured in experiment






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. 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






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






11. 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






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






13. More confident and more outgoing






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






22. 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)


23. 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






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






25. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






26. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






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






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






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


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






32. 1. there was no proof 2. his emphasis on identity crisis may have been from his own experiences in his life and he may have incorporated into a theory for everyone


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






34. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






35. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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






41. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






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






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






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






45. 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






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






47. Having the ability to focus on more than one quality at a time






48. ______ says kids often engage in parallel play






49. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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