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Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
Terms in this set (30)
Concrete operational stage
The period of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age, characterized by the active and appropriate use of logic
Memory
The process by which information is initially recorded, stored, and retrieved
Metamemory
An understanding about the processes that underlie memory that emerges and improves during middle childhood
Metalinguistic awareness
An understanding of one's own use of language
Bilingualism
The ability to speak two languages
Multicultural education
Education in which the goal is to help students from minority cultures develop competence in the culture of the majority group while maintaining positive group identities that build on their original cultures
Cultural assimilation model
The view of American society as a "melting pot" in which all cultures are amalgamated
Pluralistic society model
The concept that American society is made up of diverse, coequal cultures that should preserve their individual features
Bicultural identity
The maintenance of one's original cultural identity while becoming integrated into the majority culture
Emotional intelligence
The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions
Teacher expectancy effect
The phenomenon whereby an educator's expectations for a given child actually bring about the expected behavior
Intelligence
The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges
Mental age
The typical intelligence level found for people of a given chronological age
Chronological (physical) age
A person's age according to the calendar
Intelligence quotient (IQ)
A score that expresses the ratio between a person's mental and chronological ages
Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5)
A test that consists of a series of items that vary according to the age of the person being tested
Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)
A test for children that provides separate measures of verbal and performance (nonverbal) skills, as well as a total score
Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)
An intelligence test that measures children's ability to integrate different stimuli simultaneously and step-by-step thinking
Fluid intelligence
Intelligence that reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory
Crystallized intelligence
The accumulation of information, skills, and strategies that people have learned through experience and that they can apply in problem-solving situations
Triarchic theory of intelligence
The belief that intelligence consists of three aspects of information processing: the componential element, the experiential element, and the contextual element
Mental retardation (intellectual disability)
A significantly subaverage level of intellectual functioning that occurs with related limitations in two or more skill areas
Mild retardation
Intellectual disability with IQ scores in the range of 50 or 55 to 70
Moderate retardation
Intellectual disability with IQ scores from around 35 or 40 to 50 to 55
Severe retardation
Intellectual disability with IQ scores that range from around 20 or 25 to 35 or 40
Profound retardation
Intellectual disability with IQ scores below 20 or 25
Gifted and talented
Showing evidence of high performance capability in intellectual, creative, or artistic areas, in leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields
Acceleration
The provision of special programs that allow gifted students to move ahead at their own pace, even if this means skipping to higher grade levels
Enrichment
Approach through which students are kept at grade level but are enrolled in special programs and given individual activities to allow greater depth of study on a given topic
Decentering
The ability to take multiple aspects of a situation into account
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