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Educational Psychology Basics

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






2. 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






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






4. The ability to aquire knowledge or skills






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






6. Behavior being measured in experiment






7. 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






8. 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.






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






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






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






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

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






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






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. What are the 5 components of the Scientific method?






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






18. 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






19. Erikson believes the ____ year of life is a CRITICAL PERIOD for the development of ______






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






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. _____ had a huge impact on






25. 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






26. 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






27. An organized pattern of behavior or thought






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. 11 years and on ; the child begins to use abstract thinking - deal with hypothesis - engages in mental manipulations; this formal thinking develops gradually






41. 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






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






43. 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






44. Does it measure what it claims to measure?






45. A branch of psychology that studies children in an educational setting and is concerned with teaching and learning methods - cognitive development - and aptitude assessment






46. 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






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






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






49. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






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