exam 3 Flashcards
grouping people with similar occupational, educational, and economic characteristics
socioeconomic status
top 5 percent of population
$100,000 or more
1% blue bloods
4% earned success
upper class
born to wealth
blue bloods
15% of population
$63,000-100,000
occupations require significant education
upper middle class
33 % of population
$40000-63000
occupations require college education
professional occupations
lower middle class
30% of population
$20000-40000 annual income
high school educated
vulnerable to financial problems
working class
14% of population
less than $20,000
often hold 2-3 minimum wage jobs
lower class
chronically unemployed or on welfare
many homeless
1% of population
poor
who is more likely to be in poverty
single parent families
minority
u.s. children
which socioeconomic status is schools made for
middle class
a group made up of individuals who have a shared sense of identity, usually because of a common place of origin, religion, or race
ethnicity
reflects only physical characteristics
race
share norms, traditions, behaviors, language, and perceptions of the group
culture
school programs for students who are acquiring english that teach the students in their first language part of the time while english is being learned
bilingual education
sink or swim in english instructional setting; esl for lowest levels of english proficiency to build oral english
english immersion
teach reading and other in native language; transition to english over several years
transitional
teach reading and other in both languages
paired
for all students, teach in both languages
two-way
education that values diversity and includes the perspective of a variety of cultural groups on a regular basis
multicultural education
ability to figure out how to get what you want out of life by purposefully using your strengths to compensate for your weaknesses
intelligence
general aptitude for learning, often measured by the ability to deal with abstractions and solve problems
intelligence
an intelligence test score that for people of average intelligence should be near 100
IQ
learning through spoken and written words: reading, listening, speaking, and writing
verbal linguistic
learning through reasoning and problem solving: numbers
mathematical- logical
learning through songs, patters, rhythms, instruments
musical
learning visually and organizing ideas, think in images and pictures
visual spatial
learning through interaction with one’s environment: concrete experiences
bodily/kinesthetic
learning through feelings, values, and attitudes: understand other people
intrapersonal
learning through interactions with others; working collaboratively
interpersonal
learning through classification, categories, and hierarchies:
ability to pick up on subtle differences
naturalist
learning by seeing the big picture, real world understanding
existential
learn best when information is presented using patterns, shapes and other visual aids
visual learners
learn best when information is spoken or heard
auditory learners
prefer info to be presented using words
read/write
hands on, participatory learners
kinesthetic
a change in an individual caused by experience
learning
a change in behavior, looks for connections between experiences and behaviors
behavioral learning
a change in thinking, looks at processing information and building knowledge
cognitive learning
learning takes place
intentionally and unintentionally
something that causes a response
stimulus
a stimulus that you didn’t have to teach something to react to
unconditioned stimulus
a response from a stimulus that you did not have to be trained to react to
unconditioned response
a stimulus that you have to be taught to react to
conditioned stimulus
a response that you have to be taught to react to
conditioned response
a stimulus that doesn’t mean anything to you yet
neutral stimulus
a form of learning in which the consequences of a behavior produce changes in the probability that the behavior will occur (Skinner)
operant conditioning
application of the principles of operant conditioning to change human behavior
applied behavior analysis
a consequence that increases or maintains the behavior
reinforcer
a consequence that decreases a behavior
punisher
deliberately not applying a consequence, as a way to decrease that behavior
extinction