Psychodynamic Approach - ANSWER--Human behavior is based on unconscious
psychological processes (impulses, desires, motives)
-Early childhood events
Eclectic Approach - ANSWER--Draw freely from all approaches without accepting the
frameworks behind them
-Goal: more efficient treatment
Behavioral Approach - ANSWER--Meant to change behavior
-Classical/operant conditioning
-ABA: applied behavioral analysis (autism)
-Positive/negative reinforcement
-Punishment and Reward
Episodic Memory - ANSWER-long-term memory of specific experiences or events,
linked to time and place that can be stated
Semantic Memory - ANSWER-Common knowledge, not from personal experience
Working Memory - ANSWER-Short/temporary while performing task/learning
Procedural Memory - ANSWER-Long-term memory of how to perform different tasks
without consciously thinking about previous experience
Explicit Memory - ANSWER-Intentional recollection of long-term memory
Implicit Memory - ANSWER-Long-term unconscious memory
Reframing - ANSWER-Identifying thoughts and changing the way they're viewed
Experimental Group Design - ANSWER-Employ scientific methods to test a hypothesis
and control experimental variables in a controlled manner
Locus of Control - ANSWER-the tendency for people to assume that they either have
control or do not have control over events and consequences in their lives
Internal Locus - ANSWER--Control your own fate
-Effort has direct impact on success
External Locus - ANSWER--No control of own fate
-Luck or fate
-No connection between effort and success
, Assimilation - ANSWER--Jean Piaget
-Incorporating new ideas into existing ideas
Accommodation - ANSWER--Jean Piaget
-Concepts/schema are modified or new ones created to accommodate new knowledge
-Relates to how young children integrate new info with things they already know to gain
a better understanding of concepts and other knowledge
Stereotypic Behavior - ANSWER--Variety of behaviors typical in individuals who have
autism, blindness, etc.
-Ex: flapping hands, swaying side to side, etc.
Early Intervening - ANSWER--Included in 2004 reauthorization of IDEA
-Allows/encourages schools to provide intervention to struggling services, even before
they've been identified as special education
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) - ANSWER--Form of behavior modification that uses
shaping techniques (in small steps) to mold a desired behavior or response
-Prompting and reinforcements gradually decrease
-Used commonly with autism, but is used with other disorders too
Manifestation Determination - ANSWER--Student's inappropriate behavior is not a
result, or manifestation, of his or her disability
-Usually determined in a hearing and is required when a student's behavior violates
school rules and before the school can undertake disciplinary action that might result in
a student's suspension from school.
Secondary Gains - ANSWER-Unexpected/unplanned outcomes over the course of
therapy
Flat Affect - ANSWER-No facial expression of emotion
Sensory Impairments - ANSWER--Affects sensual contact with environment
-Stops normal works of muscular receptions
-Seeing, touching, moving, tasting
Physical Therapy/Physiotherapy - ANSWER--Rehabilitative treatment of physical
impairment/challenge
-Massage, hydrotherapy, heat, and exercise.
Physical Challenges/Impairment - ANSWER-Conditions that affect the ability of the
body to perform normal functions
Developmental Disability - ANSWER--Originates prior to 18 years
-Indefinitely continuing handicap