History Flashcards
in loco parentis
parents voluntarily submit their children to school
First state for compulsory schooling
Massachusetts - 1852
Last state for compulsory schooling
Mississippi - 1918
Age required for school enrollment
Ages 5 - 8
Required to continue school until
Ages 16 - 18
Pierce v. Society of Sisters - 1925 Oregon
Allowed the formation of private schools.
Supreme Court ruled that the law “all children must go to public schools” was a violation for being able to conduct business and violation of religious of religious freedom.
Wisconsin v. Yoder - 1972
Supreme Court gave exception to Amish for compulsory schooling to allow them to go only until the 8th grade rather than age 16
Lightner Witmer
Father of Clinical and School Psychology.
Established first clinic at UPenn.
G. Stanley Hall
Started the APA.
Child study movement in Chicago.
J.M. Cattell
Chairman of Columbia Psychology Program.
Coined the term mental test.
Binet
Ability of child to profit from school.
Did not discount genetics but emphasized teaching.
Arnold Gesell
First person called a school psychologist.
Did a study 1 child at a time that was filmed doing tasks considered essential for development.
Wrote many books including ones for parents
Terman
Adapted Stanford-Binet.
Intelligence influenced by genetics.
E. L. Thorndike
Environment and behavior. Law of effect -> if you want behavior to continue it is determine by its consequences. Shape responses based on environments.
Boulder Conference - 1949
Established scientist-practitioner model. Program teaches to be both and then choose.
