educational psychology - correct answer ✔the discipline concerned with
teaching and learning processes; applies the methods and theories of
psychology and has its own as well
descriptive studies - correct answer ✔studies that collect detailed information
about specific situations, often using observation, surveys, interviews,
recordings, or a combo of the methods
case study - correct answer ✔intensive study of 1 person or case
correlation - correct answer ✔a # that indicates both the strength and the
direction of a relationship between 2 events or measurements
experimentation - correct answer ✔research method in which variables are
manipulated and the effects recorded
participants - correct answer ✔people or animals studied
random - correct answer ✔each participant has an equal chance of being in
any group
statistically significant - correct answer ✔not likely to happen by chance or
re-occur often
principle - correct answer ✔established relationship between factors
, theory - correct answer ✔an interrelated set of concepts that is used to
explain a body of data and to make predictions about the results of future
experiments
schemes - correct answer ✔basic building blocks of thinking ex. sucking
through a straw
assimilation - correct answer ✔when people use their existing schemes to
make sense of events in their world
ex. a child mistaking a raccoon for a kitty
accommodation - correct answer ✔altering existing schemes or creating new
ones in response to new info
ex. chihuahua looking like a rat, child must revise schemes to accommodate
the fact the rat is a dog
equilibration - correct answer ✔the act of searching for a balance
disequilibrium - correct answer ✔"out of balance" state that occurs when a
person realizes that their current ways of thinking are not working to solve a
problem or understand a situation
Sensorimotor - correct answer ✔-make use of imitation, memory, thought
-begins to realize objects do not cease to exist when they are hidden
-moves from reflex actions to goal oriented activity
Preoperational - correct answer ✔-develops use of language
-able to think operations through logically in one direction
-can't see another persons point of view