AEPA Professional Knowledge Elementary
Erikson's Core Theory - correct answer ✔Includes eight stages of human
development. Individuals experience internal conflict at various stages.
Interaction with others in the environment leads to resolution.
Erikson's Resolution - correct answer ✔Each resolution results in
development of sense of self (ego) and social interactions.
Inferiority vs Industry - correct answer ✔Inferiority: Outcomes are inadequate
Industry: Can master new tasks and be successful
Each outcome influences the behavior in the next crises.
How to encourage industry - correct answer ✔- Set and work towards
realistic goals
- Allow students chance to show independence
- Support discouraged students
Piaget's Theory - correct answer ✔Children actively construct their
understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive
development.
Assimilate vs. Accommodate - correct answer ✔Assimilate: Add new
information into an existing schema. (One house for two people)
Accommodate: Create new schema with existing information (Two houses for
two people)
, Vygotsky's Theory - correct answer ✔Children think and understand primarily
through social interaction. (Group Work)
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - correct answer ✔The gap between
what learner can accomplish alone and what they can achieve with guidance
from more skilled partners.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Reasoning - correct answer ✔- Young kids
reason based on reward or punishment
- School Age reason on social norms and expectations
Gardener's Theory of Multiple Intelligences - correct answer ✔People learn
in all types of ways and tests need to reflect that
Cognitive Development (Piaget) - correct answer ✔Pre-operational- can't see
other people's point of view (egocentrism)
Concrete operational- ability to classify on more than one dimension, logical
thinking
Classical vs. Operant Conditioning - correct answer ✔Classical Conditioning:
Involuntary response, associate neutral stimulus with behavior or feeling (Ex:
Ring bell to signal end of class)
Operant Conditioning: Voluntary response, behavior is punished (lead to
extinction) or praised (lead to recurrence)
Specific Learning Disability - correct answer ✔Signs: trouble paying
attention, difficult to learn new skill
Erikson's Core Theory - correct answer ✔Includes eight stages of human
development. Individuals experience internal conflict at various stages.
Interaction with others in the environment leads to resolution.
Erikson's Resolution - correct answer ✔Each resolution results in
development of sense of self (ego) and social interactions.
Inferiority vs Industry - correct answer ✔Inferiority: Outcomes are inadequate
Industry: Can master new tasks and be successful
Each outcome influences the behavior in the next crises.
How to encourage industry - correct answer ✔- Set and work towards
realistic goals
- Allow students chance to show independence
- Support discouraged students
Piaget's Theory - correct answer ✔Children actively construct their
understanding of the world and go through four stages of cognitive
development.
Assimilate vs. Accommodate - correct answer ✔Assimilate: Add new
information into an existing schema. (One house for two people)
Accommodate: Create new schema with existing information (Two houses for
two people)
, Vygotsky's Theory - correct answer ✔Children think and understand primarily
through social interaction. (Group Work)
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) - correct answer ✔The gap between
what learner can accomplish alone and what they can achieve with guidance
from more skilled partners.
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Reasoning - correct answer ✔- Young kids
reason based on reward or punishment
- School Age reason on social norms and expectations
Gardener's Theory of Multiple Intelligences - correct answer ✔People learn
in all types of ways and tests need to reflect that
Cognitive Development (Piaget) - correct answer ✔Pre-operational- can't see
other people's point of view (egocentrism)
Concrete operational- ability to classify on more than one dimension, logical
thinking
Classical vs. Operant Conditioning - correct answer ✔Classical Conditioning:
Involuntary response, associate neutral stimulus with behavior or feeling (Ex:
Ring bell to signal end of class)
Operant Conditioning: Voluntary response, behavior is punished (lead to
extinction) or praised (lead to recurrence)
Specific Learning Disability - correct answer ✔Signs: trouble paying
attention, difficult to learn new skill
