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Educational Psych Exam 1
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Undergraduate 1
02/17/2010

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accommodation
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new scheme, give up something for something new. (what you experience in the world, talking out a believed truth and replacing it with truth)
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assimilation
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putting something in to something that already exists (what you already know, just add on to the base)
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organization
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the natural tendency to make sense of experiences by integrating them into cognitive structures that are logically related
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scheme
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the cognitive structure produced as a result of the development process. they are organized patters of behavior or thought, produced through interaction with the environment. mental concept
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equilibration
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the natural tendency to maintain a balance between what one already know, the cognitive network, and what one experiences in the world.
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disequilibruim
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when we experience something that does not fit what we know we experience anxiety , discomfort, or confusion
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adaptation
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the natural process of adjusting our thinking, or our environment, so that balance exists between what we know and what we experience.
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operation
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an action whih can be carried outmentally. frees us from having to perform the actions literally
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conservation
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the ability to recognize that properties stay the same despite changes in appearance or position
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decentration
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the ability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation at a time, and is a reflection of higher level thinking
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reversability
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the ability to mentally undo an action.
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egocentrism
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the inability to see something from another person's point of view
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objectivity
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the reduction of bias
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replication
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allows others to replicate their studies
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scientific knowing
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based on precise data gathered from teh natural world. it builds a knowlege base in a neutral, unbiased manner. seeks to measure the world precisely. reports findings clearly so them be duplicated
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cognitive development
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the gradual, orderyly process by which mantal processes become more complex and sophisticated.
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Piagets' stages of cognitive development
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sensorimotor (reflex), preoperation (symbols), concrete operational (literal, personal thinking), formal operation (abstract thinking)
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kohlberg's stages of moral meaning
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Punishment & obedience, let's make a deal, good boy - nice girl, law & order, social contract, universal ethical principal
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fowler's stages of faith development
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imaginative faith, take bible literally, parent's faith, make faith your own, see both sides & accept diff. views.
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Erickson's stages of psychosocial development
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trust v. mistrust
autonomy v. shame & doubt
initiative v. guilt
industry v. inferiority
identity v. role confusion
intimacy v. isolation
generativity v. stagnation
integrity v. despair
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