EPSY EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE
Exceptional students - Answers :Students fall outside the typical range of development
and require special educational services to reach their full potential
Impairment - Answers :Loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or
anatomical structure or function
Disability - Answers :The inability to do something specific such as walk or hear
Handicap - Answers :A disadvantage in a particular situation, sometimes caused by a
disability
Person-first reference - Answers :Language that places the emphasis on the individual
and not the disability
Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) - Answers :In Gardner's theory of intelligence, a
person's eight separate abilities: logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily-
kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist.
Triarchic theory of successful intelligence - Answers :A three-part description of the
mental abilities (thinking processes, coping with new experiences, and adapting to
context) that lead to more or less intelligent behavior
Insight - Answers :In the triarchic theory of intelligence, the ability to deal effectively with
novel situations
Automaticity - Answers :The ability to thoroughly perform learned tasks without much
mental effort
Mental age - Answers :In intelligence testing, a score that indicates that a child displays
the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological (actual) age.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) - Answers :Score comparing mental and chronological ages
Deviation IQ - Answers :Score based on a statistical comparison of an individual's
performance with the average performance of others in that age group
Flynn effect - Answers :Because of better health, smaller families, increased complexity
in the environment, and more and better schooling, IQ test scores are steadily rising
Emotional intelligence (EI) - Answers :The abilities to monitor your own and other
people's feelings, to discriminate among different feelings, and to use this information to
guide your own thinking, decisions, and actions
Creativity - Answers :Imaginative, original thinking or problem solving
, Divergent thinking - Answers :Coming up with many possible solutions
Convergent thinking - Answers :Narrowing possibilities to a single answer
Restructuring - Answers :Conceiving of a problem in a new or different way
Learning styles - Answers :Characteristic approaches to learning and studying
Learning preferences - Answers :Preferred ways of studying and learning, such as
using pictures instead of text, working with other people versus alone, learning in
structured or in unstructured situations, and so on
Identity-first reference - Answers :Using terms such as "autistic" or "deaf" to describe an
individual; some individuals prefer this reference because they "claim" the disability as
their own and value it as part of who they are
Intelligence - Answers :Ability or abilities to acquire and use knowledge for solving
problems and adapting to the world
General intelligence (g) - Answers :A general factor in cognitive ability that is related in
varying degrees to performance on all mental tests
Fluid intelligence - Answers :Mental efficiency, nonverbal abilities grounded in brain
development
Crystallized intelligence - Answers :Ability to apply culturally approved problem-solving
methods
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Answers :Latest amendment of PL
94-142; guarantees a free public education to all children regardless of disability.
Free, appropriate public education (FAPE) - Answers :Public funding to support
appropriate educational programs for all students, no matter what their needs
Zero reject - Answers :A basic principle of IDEA specifying that no student with a
disability, no matter what kind or how severe, can be denied a free public education
Nondiscriminatory evaluation - Answers :A basic principle of the IDEA specifying that
schools must determine each student's disability and educational needs using tools and
procedures that are culturally responsive
Least restrictive environment (LRE) - Answers :Educating each child with peers in the
regular classroom to the greatest extent possible
Exceptional students - Answers :Students fall outside the typical range of development
and require special educational services to reach their full potential
Impairment - Answers :Loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or
anatomical structure or function
Disability - Answers :The inability to do something specific such as walk or hear
Handicap - Answers :A disadvantage in a particular situation, sometimes caused by a
disability
Person-first reference - Answers :Language that places the emphasis on the individual
and not the disability
Theory of Multiple Intelligences (MI) - Answers :In Gardner's theory of intelligence, a
person's eight separate abilities: logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, spatial, bodily-
kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist.
Triarchic theory of successful intelligence - Answers :A three-part description of the
mental abilities (thinking processes, coping with new experiences, and adapting to
context) that lead to more or less intelligent behavior
Insight - Answers :In the triarchic theory of intelligence, the ability to deal effectively with
novel situations
Automaticity - Answers :The ability to thoroughly perform learned tasks without much
mental effort
Mental age - Answers :In intelligence testing, a score that indicates that a child displays
the mental ability typical of a child of that chronological (actual) age.
Intelligence Quotient (IQ) - Answers :Score comparing mental and chronological ages
Deviation IQ - Answers :Score based on a statistical comparison of an individual's
performance with the average performance of others in that age group
Flynn effect - Answers :Because of better health, smaller families, increased complexity
in the environment, and more and better schooling, IQ test scores are steadily rising
Emotional intelligence (EI) - Answers :The abilities to monitor your own and other
people's feelings, to discriminate among different feelings, and to use this information to
guide your own thinking, decisions, and actions
Creativity - Answers :Imaginative, original thinking or problem solving
, Divergent thinking - Answers :Coming up with many possible solutions
Convergent thinking - Answers :Narrowing possibilities to a single answer
Restructuring - Answers :Conceiving of a problem in a new or different way
Learning styles - Answers :Characteristic approaches to learning and studying
Learning preferences - Answers :Preferred ways of studying and learning, such as
using pictures instead of text, working with other people versus alone, learning in
structured or in unstructured situations, and so on
Identity-first reference - Answers :Using terms such as "autistic" or "deaf" to describe an
individual; some individuals prefer this reference because they "claim" the disability as
their own and value it as part of who they are
Intelligence - Answers :Ability or abilities to acquire and use knowledge for solving
problems and adapting to the world
General intelligence (g) - Answers :A general factor in cognitive ability that is related in
varying degrees to performance on all mental tests
Fluid intelligence - Answers :Mental efficiency, nonverbal abilities grounded in brain
development
Crystallized intelligence - Answers :Ability to apply culturally approved problem-solving
methods
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) - Answers :Latest amendment of PL
94-142; guarantees a free public education to all children regardless of disability.
Free, appropriate public education (FAPE) - Answers :Public funding to support
appropriate educational programs for all students, no matter what their needs
Zero reject - Answers :A basic principle of IDEA specifying that no student with a
disability, no matter what kind or how severe, can be denied a free public education
Nondiscriminatory evaluation - Answers :A basic principle of the IDEA specifying that
schools must determine each student's disability and educational needs using tools and
procedures that are culturally responsive
Least restrictive environment (LRE) - Answers :Educating each child with peers in the
regular classroom to the greatest extent possible
