Ed. Psychology and Dev. of
Children and Adolescents
Assimilation Correct Answer: The process of taking in new information into our already existing
schemas
Bandura Correct Answer: theory based on Learning by watching others then imitating in modeling the
behavior
holophrastic Correct Answer: complete one word
Bloom's classifications Correct Answer: Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis & Evaluation
autism Correct Answer: struggling with social interaction, sensory processing, and communication.
ADHD Correct Answer: Difficulty paying attention, even for short periods.
Inability to sit still for any length of time.
Communication disorders Correct Answer: involves persistent problems related to language and speech
Language disorder Correct Answer: affect all kinds of linguistic communication: spoken, written, and
gesture, and it can affect both a child's ability to comprehend language and produce it
types of language disorder Correct Answer: Expressive, Receptive and Mixed receptive-expressive
negative effects of child poverty Correct Answer: substandard housing/homelessness
-food insecurity
-unsafe neighborhoods.
-poor academic achievement
Intelligence Correct Answer: Mental Quality
Types of Intelligence Correct Answer: analytical, creative, practical
Spearman Correct Answer: general intelligence
Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) Correct Answer: linguistic/verbal, logic/math, visual/spatial,
music, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, existentialist
Thurnstone - Theory of Primary Mental abilities Correct Answer: 7 factors of intelligence:
1) Word fluency
2) Verbal comprehension
3) Special reasoning
, 4) Perceptual speed
5) Numerical ability
6) Inductive reasoning
7) Memory
triarchic theory of intelligence Correct Answer: Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as
having analytic, creative and practical dimensions
Conditioning Correct Answer: a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human
behavior or response
Operant conditioning Correct Answer: a learned association between a behavior and a consequence
Direct Instruction Correct Answer: an academic focus; a teacher-directed curriculum; clarity to goals;
review of past learning; presentation of new material in small steps; the monitoring of student progress
through questioning; provision for feedback with corrections; provision for independent exercise; and,
the revision of the lesson's goals based on review.
Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura) Correct Answer: the belief that you are capable of carrying out a specific
task or of reaching a specific goal
Metacognition Correct Answer: thinking about thinking
humanistic psychology Correct Answer: existential assumptions that people have free will and
basically good
Motivation Correct Answer: Needs>Behavior Action>Goals/Achievement
Intrinsic motivation Correct Answer: motivation that is based on internal factors like what you like to do
and things that make you happy.
Extrinsic motivation Correct Answer: motivation that is based on external factors like money, rewards,
obligations, or approval
Cooperative concepts and strategies Correct Answer: The focus is on the product more than the
process.
Students of mixed abilities are grouped together. Students work in groups on a structured activity.
Instruction is teacher-led.
Collaborative concepts and strategies Correct Answer: The focus is on the process more than the
product.
Students of similar abilities are grouped together. Students work in groups to explore a significant
question.
Instruction is student-led.
Children and Adolescents
Assimilation Correct Answer: The process of taking in new information into our already existing
schemas
Bandura Correct Answer: theory based on Learning by watching others then imitating in modeling the
behavior
holophrastic Correct Answer: complete one word
Bloom's classifications Correct Answer: Comprehension, Application, Analysis, Synthesis & Evaluation
autism Correct Answer: struggling with social interaction, sensory processing, and communication.
ADHD Correct Answer: Difficulty paying attention, even for short periods.
Inability to sit still for any length of time.
Communication disorders Correct Answer: involves persistent problems related to language and speech
Language disorder Correct Answer: affect all kinds of linguistic communication: spoken, written, and
gesture, and it can affect both a child's ability to comprehend language and produce it
types of language disorder Correct Answer: Expressive, Receptive and Mixed receptive-expressive
negative effects of child poverty Correct Answer: substandard housing/homelessness
-food insecurity
-unsafe neighborhoods.
-poor academic achievement
Intelligence Correct Answer: Mental Quality
Types of Intelligence Correct Answer: analytical, creative, practical
Spearman Correct Answer: general intelligence
Theory of Multiple Intelligences (Gardner) Correct Answer: linguistic/verbal, logic/math, visual/spatial,
music, bodily-kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, naturalist, existentialist
Thurnstone - Theory of Primary Mental abilities Correct Answer: 7 factors of intelligence:
1) Word fluency
2) Verbal comprehension
3) Special reasoning
, 4) Perceptual speed
5) Numerical ability
6) Inductive reasoning
7) Memory
triarchic theory of intelligence Correct Answer: Robert Sternberg's theory that describes intelligence as
having analytic, creative and practical dimensions
Conditioning Correct Answer: a type of learning that links some sort of trigger or stimulus to a human
behavior or response
Operant conditioning Correct Answer: a learned association between a behavior and a consequence
Direct Instruction Correct Answer: an academic focus; a teacher-directed curriculum; clarity to goals;
review of past learning; presentation of new material in small steps; the monitoring of student progress
through questioning; provision for feedback with corrections; provision for independent exercise; and,
the revision of the lesson's goals based on review.
Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura) Correct Answer: the belief that you are capable of carrying out a specific
task or of reaching a specific goal
Metacognition Correct Answer: thinking about thinking
humanistic psychology Correct Answer: existential assumptions that people have free will and
basically good
Motivation Correct Answer: Needs>Behavior Action>Goals/Achievement
Intrinsic motivation Correct Answer: motivation that is based on internal factors like what you like to do
and things that make you happy.
Extrinsic motivation Correct Answer: motivation that is based on external factors like money, rewards,
obligations, or approval
Cooperative concepts and strategies Correct Answer: The focus is on the product more than the
process.
Students of mixed abilities are grouped together. Students work in groups on a structured activity.
Instruction is teacher-led.
Collaborative concepts and strategies Correct Answer: The focus is on the process more than the
product.
Students of similar abilities are grouped together. Students work in groups to explore a significant
question.
Instruction is student-led.
