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Educational Psychology Basics

Subject : teaching
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1. Young kids that talk to themselves






2. 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






3. 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)






4. 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






5. 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






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






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






8. Talked about kids in schools that were only considered retarded during the 6 hours they were at school






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. What are 3 different ways to study behavior?






11. What are Erkison's 8 psychosocial stages?






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






14. Stages all happen in the same sequence






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






16. The higher the statistic the stronger the ___________






17. 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






18. Piaget believes effective teaching takes place in the _____






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






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






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






22. Factor being manipulated in experimental group






23. What are the 4 different identity statuses of James Marcia?






24. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 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






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






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

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






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






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






36. 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






37. 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.






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






40. Not only observe behavior - also manipulate it.






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






42. 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






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






44. What are 5 different types of testing?






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






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






47. 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






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






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






50. 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