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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. The sens of balance is known as ________________






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






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






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






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






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. 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)






17. Behavior being measured in experiment






18. Are the scores repeatable?






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






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






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






25. 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






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

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27. 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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28. 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)






29. 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)






30. 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






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






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






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






34. What are the Piaget's 3 Principles?






35. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






37. 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






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






39. _____ had a huge impact on






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






48. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






49. A tendency we all have to adapt or adjust to our environment; the child uses intellectual processes to transform them so they can use them for new experiences






50. 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