7: Settings for Development - Home, School, and Community Flashcards

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Charles Spearman’s term for a general intelligence factor that he believed underlies all cognitive activities (measures overall “smartness”)

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g

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label for significantly impaired cognitive functioning, measured by deficits in behavior and an IQ of 70 or below

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intellectual disability

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facet of intelligence involved in producing novel ideas and solutions, innovative work

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creative intelligence

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basic criterion for measuring a test’s accuracy, meaning scores must be fairly similar when a person takes the same test more than once

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reliability

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remarkable rise in IQ scores globally over the twentieth century, due to wider education and more school years

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Flynn effect

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communities defined by strong cohesion, commitment to neighbor-to-neighbor helping, and shared prosocial values among residents

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collective efficacy

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according to Robert Sternberg, the optimal form of cognition, which involves striking a balance between analytic, creative, and practical intelligence

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successful intelligence

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use of physical force to discipline a child (spanking)

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corporal punishment

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current standard intelligence test used in childhood, covering five basic areas in detail

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WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children)

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drive to act based on getting external reinforcers such as praise, money, good grades, etc.

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extrinsic motivation

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children who rebound from serious early life traumas to construct successful adult lives

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resilient children

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ideal parenting style, when parents provide ample love and family rules, believing in structure yet not letting it take precedence over their children’s human needs

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authoritative parenting

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when divorced parents bad-mouth their former spouse with the goal of turning a child against them

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parental alienation

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actions by parents that seriously endanger a child’s physical or emotional wellbeing (physical abuse, neglect, emotional abuse, sexual abuse)

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child maltreatment

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measures evaluating a child’s knowledge in specific school-related areas/subjects

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achievement tests

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currently preferred legal arrangement of having divorced spouses share child-rearing 50/50, or each parent having full access to seeing their children after a divorce

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joint custody

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label for difficulties related to language, listening, thinking, speaking, reading, writing, spelling, or understanding mathematics

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specific learning disorder

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love-based parenting style involving lots of affection with total freedom, little to no rules

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permissive parenting

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learning disorder characterized by reading difficulties, lack of fluency, and poor word recognition - often genetic in origin

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label for superior intellectual functioning with an IQ of 130 or above - child ranks in top 2% of age group

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worst parenting style, when parents deprive children of love and structure, emotionally abandoning them and leaving them to raise themselves

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rejecting-neglecting parenting

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tendency among immigrants to become similar to mainstream culture after time spent living in a new society

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acculturation

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structure-based parenting style involving many strict, inflexible rules and less expression of love

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authoritarian parenting

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Howard Gardner’s perspective that there are 8 separate kinds of intelligence - verbal, mathematical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, spatial, musical, kinesthetic, naturalist (+ spiritual as a possible 9th)

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multiple intelligences theory

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basic criterion for measuring a test’s accuracy, meaning that the measure reflects the real-world quality it is supposed to measure
validity
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measures evaluating a child’s overall cognitive ability and aptitude for academics / academic “potential”
intelligence quotient (IQ) tests
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how parents align on the love and discipline of their child
parenting style
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self-generated drive to act based on the pleasure of taking that action in itself, not for an external reinforcer or reward
intrinsic motivation
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facet of intelligence involved in knowing how to act competently in real-world situations (“street smarts”)
practical intelligence
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facet of intelligence involved in performing well in solving academic problems
analytic intelligence