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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A window of opportunity; if something doesnt happen during this period it may never happen






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






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. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






5. More confident and more outgoing






6. 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)






7. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






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






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

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10. Piaget said we has humans inherit two basic tendencies ______ and ______.






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

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






13. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






28. 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






29. Relationship between two variables where they increase or decrease together ; example - number of calories and number of pounds gained






30. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






31. 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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32. Young kids that talk to themselves






33. What happened in the past






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






35. Define intelligence






36. 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






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Liuson and Peskin looked at kids who began to develop physically mature before their class mates ( ___________)






45. 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






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






47. 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 )






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






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






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







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