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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






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






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






7. Define intelligence






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






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






10. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






11. 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






12. Stages all happen in the same sequence






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






20. How do children develop a sense of right and wrong - what behavior is okay and what behavior is not okay






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

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22. 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






23. 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 )






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






25. 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






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






27. Most psychologists believe that intelligence is due to ___ ____; you cant prove which one is more or if they equal but they both play a role






28. 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






29. 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






30. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






31. Believes kids benefit more when they interact with kids people who are more skilled than they are; believes that language is critical for cognitive development to occur






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. 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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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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39. Means a delay or pause or break from your usual activities






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






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






42. Two important factors you need to look at are _____ and _____






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






44. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






45. 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






46. 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)






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






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






50. believed that kids develop a sense of morality by going through stages