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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. What are the two types of adaptation?






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






3. Found that parents tend to encourage their daughters to be dependent ; she suggests that parents and teachers encourage them to figure the problem out their selves before they help






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






5. Behavior being measured in experiment






6. 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






7. 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 )






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

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






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






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






12. What happened in the past






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






14. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






15. 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






16. 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






17. Believes that kids learn about their culture through interaction with those older than they are






18. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






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






20. More confident and more outgoing






21. 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






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






23. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






25. 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






26. One of the approaches Piaget used was the _____ - he would pose a problem then he would ask the child a question and based on the answer he got he would ask the child additional questions






27. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






28. 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






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






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






32. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






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






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






35. 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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Based on the standard deviation






41. 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.






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






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






44. 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)






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






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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills