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Educational Psychology Basics

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






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






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






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






6. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






7. 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






8. 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

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9. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






10. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






11. 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.






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






13. _____ had a huge impact on






14. 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






15. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






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






18. 1. 1st person that got us looking at the fact that kids develop cognitively in stages 2. got us to realize that kids think differently from each other and from adults 3. got us to realize that qualitative changes in thinking happen as a child goes






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






20. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






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






23. 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)






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






25. 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)






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






27. What are 5 different types of testing?






28. 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






29. 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)

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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. Are the scores repeatable?






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






38. 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






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






40. Older kids have the ability to pour the water back and realize it is the same amount






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






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






43. 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






44. The sens of balance is known as ________________






45. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






46. New experiences that fit an existing scheme ; a child sees a ew type of ball and realizes it a ball - different from his ball but understands its still a ball






47. 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






48. 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






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






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







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