"PSYC 2314" - Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10

-def: A written statement that spells out a program tailored to a child with a disability

(IEP/ Individualized Education Plan)

-ex: helps children with Reading comprehension, fluency skills, communication, time management, etc

(IEP/ Individualized Education Plan)

Personal Fable

(def): The part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent's sense of uniqueness and invincibility (or invulnerability)

Percentage of children that have learning disabilities?

-34.6 %

def): An eating disorder that involves the relentless pursuit of thinness through starvation

-Anorexia Nervosa

(def): Piaget's formal operational concept that adolescents have the cognitive ability to develop hypotheses, or best guesses, about ways to solve problems

-Hypothetical-deductive Reasoning

Characteristics of gifted children?

-Precocity -Marching to a different drummer -A passion to master -Information-processing skills

Piaget's cognitive development for middle and late childhood?

-concrete operational thought

Characteristics of children with high self-esteem?

-high self-esteem & positive self-concept

Lead cause of death in adolescence?

1st accidents -2nd homicides -3rd suicide

(def): the circumstance of moving from the top position in elementary school to the lowest position in middle or junior high school

Top-dog Phenomenon

-(def): an approach to reading instruction based on the idea that instruction should parallel children's natural language learning. Reading materials should be whole and meaningful

Whole Language approach

-def : an individual who possesses similar (high) levels of stereotypical "feminine" and "masculine" psychological attributes or characteristics

androgynous gender role classification

Growth of elementary children per year?

average 2 to 3 inches per year

def: teaching all subjects in school in two different languages

bilingual education

-def: the type of thinking that produces one correct answer and is typically assessed by a standardized intelligence test

convergent thinking

-def: is a learning disability that involves difficulty in handwriting

dysgraphia

-ex: difficulty reading, also reading aloud

dyslexia

def: is a category reserved for individuals who have a severe impairment in their ability to read and spell

dyslexia

def: involves adolescents' belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are; attention-getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible, and "on stage"

imaginary audience:

Eric Erickson's psychosocial stage for middle and late childhood

industry versus inferiority

Most common form of cancer in children?

leukemias

-def: the belief that one can master a situation and produce favorable outcomes

self-efficacy

-def: the ability to control one's behavior, emotions, and thoughts in the pursuit of long-term goals

self-regulation

-def: The concrete operation that involves ordering stimuli along a quantitative dimension (such as length)

serration

-ex: children putting objects in order from short to tall, thin to big, small to large, or of importance, and so forth

serration

(def): A brain-neuroendocrine process occurring primarily in early adolescence that provides stimulation for the rapid physical changes that occur in this period of development

Puberty

-school/community health classes -increased contraceptive use Fear of sexually transmitted infections such as AIDS

Reasons for decrease high rate of adolescent pregnancies

-(def): a ceremony or ritual that marks an individual's transition from one status to another.

Rite of passage

-focus on the transition to adult status -the Avenue through which adolescents gain access to the secret of the practices, to knowledge, and to sexuality -its a transformation -it is characterized by some form of ritual death and rebirth, or by means of contact with the spiritual world

Rite of passage

-[The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence]

Robert Sternberg's theory of intelligence

states that intelligence comes in three forms: -Analytical, Creative, & Practical Intelligence

Robert Sternberg's theory of intelligence: [The Triarchic Theory of Intelligence]

(def): the global evaluative dimension of the self. Self-esteem is also referred to as self-worth or self-image

Self-esteem

(def): A form of education that promotes social responsibility and service to the community

Service Learning

-(def): a girl's first menstruation

Menarche

-comes rather late in the pubertal cycle

Menarche

-def: a cognitive ability that is markedly below average level and a decreased ability to adapt to one's environment

Mental retardation

-is the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment

Achievement identity

-(def): the heightened self-consciousness of adolescents

Adolescent egocentrism

has two key components: -The imaginary audience -Personal fable

Adolescent egocentrism

-U.S. continues to have some of the highest rates -had the highest teen pregnancy rate among 15-19 yrs old

Adolescent pregnancy rates

-is the third-leading cause of death in adolescence for a number of years

Adolescent suicide in the U.S.

which refers to the ability to analyze, judge, evaluate, compare, and contrast

Analytical Intelligence (sternberg)

(def): An eating disorder in which the individual consistently follows a binge-and-purge pattern

Bulimia Nervosa

def:the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent's sense of uniqueness and invincibility (or invulnerability)

Personal fable

A passion to master (self-motivated

Characteristics of gifted children

Information-processing skills (process info faster)

Characteristics of gifted children

Marching to a different drummer(resist instructions)

Characteristics of gifted children

Precocity(master an area)

Characteristics of gifted children

which consists of the ability to create, design, invent, originate, and imagine

Creative Intelligence: (sternberg)

among youths from minority groups and low-SES families are especially high compared with the overall proportions of these groups in the general population

Delinquency rates

-def: Thinking that produces many answers to the same question and is characteristic of creativity

Divergent thinking

-industry versus inferiority

Eric Erickson's psychosocial stage for middle and late childhood

-the 5th developmental stage: identity versus identity confusion

Eric Erickson's psychosocial stage of development for adolescence

-adolescents are faced with deciding who they are, what they are all about, & where they are going in life -during this period, society leaves adolescents relatively free of responsibilities and able to try out different identities

Eric Erickson's psychosocial stage of development for adolescence - 5th developmental stage: identity versus identity confusion

-def: the idea that reading instruction should teach the basic rules for translating written symbolism into sounds.

Phonics approach

-formal operational stage -at this stage adolescents are no longer limited to actual, concrete experiences as anchors for thought

Piaget's adolescent stage of cognitive development

which involves the ability to use, apply, implement, and put ideas into practice

Practical Intelligence: (sternberg)

(def): broad categories that reflect society;s impressions and beliefs about females and males

Gender stereotype

-(ex): a well-adjusted boy was supposed to be independent, aggressive, & powerful/on the contrary a girl is supposed to be dependent, nurturing, and uninterested in power.

Gender stereotype

-def: Having above-average intelligence (an IQ of 130 or higher) and/or superior talent for something

Gifted

(def): powerful chemical substances secreted by the endocrine glands and carried through the body by the bloodstream

Hormone

-def: a person's mental age divided by chronological age and multiplied by 100

I.Q.

Intelligence quotient stand for?

I.Q.

(def): involves adolescents' belief that others are as interested in them as they themselves are; attention-getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible, and "on stage."

Imaginary Audience

-def: educating a child who requires special education full-time in the regular classroom

Inclusion

IEP stand for?

Individualized Education Plan

(def:) Difficulty understanding or using spoken or written language or doing mathematics. To be classified as a learning disability, the problem is not primarily the result of visual, hearing, or motor disabilities; intellectual disability; emotional disorders; or due to environmental, cultural, or economic disadvantage

Learning Disability