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Educational Psychology Basics

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1. There are adolescents have made a career choice - and are pursuing this choice but this choice is tentative and they can be thrown back into crisis at any time






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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






7. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






8. 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






9. 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.






10. 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






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






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






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






15. 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






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. 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






18. IQ tests - interest tests - personality - etc.






19. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






20. 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






21. When the experimenter or the subject dont know which group they are in ; helps to avoid experimental bias and certain kinds of treatment that may change subjects behavior






22. How to Piaget and Kohlberg differ?






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






24. Based on the standard deviation






25. What happened in the past






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






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






28. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






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






30. What are the two types of adaptation?






31. Take a standard set of items presented in a uniform manner and the results are reported in terms of standards






32. 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






33. 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)






34. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






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






38. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






39. 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






40. Categories are 34% - 14% and 2% from the mean ; height - weight - intelligence - will fall under this






41. 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






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

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






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






49. _____ had a huge impact on






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







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