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TEXES PPR EC-12 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Accommodation
Ans: Process through which change is made to an existing knowledge
structure or a new structure constructed as a result of new information
Question: Adaptation
Ans: The adjustment of existing knowledge structures through either the
process of assimilation or the process of accommodation
Question: Anorexia Nervosa
Ans: Eating disorder characterized by very limited food intake
Question: Assimilation
Ans: Incorporation of new knowledge into existing knowledge structures
Question: Assisted Learning/Guided Participation
Ans: Processes used by a teacher or tutor when providing scaffolding
within a student's zone of proximal development
Question: Bulimia
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Ans: Eating disorder characterized by overeating and then getting rid of
the food by self induced vomiting or laxatives
Question: Clique
Ans: Group of peers who share similar values and beliefs smaller in size
than a crowd, but larger than a small group of friends
Question: Cognitive Development
Ans: Changes in mental processes
Question: Concrete Operational
Ans: The stage of Piaget's theory characterized by a child's need for
concrete objects or a situation in order for logical thinking to take place
Question: Crowd
Ans: Large group of peers who share some similar attributes, interests,
and desired activities usually there are identifiable labels for these groups
to which students feel affiliation
Question: Development
Ans: Systematic lasting changes that take place over the course of human
life span
Question: Disequilibrium
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Ans: State of unbalance that occurs after an interaction with the
environment that conflicts with our prior representation of events or
objects.
Question: Equilibrium
Ans: The constant search for a balance between what we already know
and some new knowledge or experience
Question: Formal Operational
Ans: Stage of Piaget's theory characterized by a child's ability to think
logically using abstract ideas and concepts
Question: Identity vs. Confusion
Ans: Erikson stage in which students emerge feeling as if they can or
cannot adequately answer the question "Who am I?"
Question: Imaginary Audience
Ans: Adolescents belief that everyone is as concerned about their behavior
and appearance as they are
Question: Industry vs. Inferiority
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Ans: Erikson stage in which students emerge either feeling eager to
engage in productive work or feeling incompetent in dealing with social
situations and with their peers
Question: Maturation
Ans: Internally determined change
Question: Organization
Ans: Continual process of arranging information objects and events within
mental systems
Question: Peer network
Ans: Large group of peers with whom students associate
Question: Personal Fable
Ans: Adolescents belief that they are special in the sense of being unique,
invulnerable, and omnipotent
Question: Physical Development
Ans: Changes in the human body dependent to a large extent on genes
Question: Prepubesence
TEXES PPR EC-12 Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question: Accommodation
Ans: Process through which change is made to an existing knowledge
structure or a new structure constructed as a result of new information
Question: Adaptation
Ans: The adjustment of existing knowledge structures through either the
process of assimilation or the process of accommodation
Question: Anorexia Nervosa
Ans: Eating disorder characterized by very limited food intake
Question: Assimilation
Ans: Incorporation of new knowledge into existing knowledge structures
Question: Assisted Learning/Guided Participation
Ans: Processes used by a teacher or tutor when providing scaffolding
within a student's zone of proximal development
Question: Bulimia
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Ans: Eating disorder characterized by overeating and then getting rid of
the food by self induced vomiting or laxatives
Question: Clique
Ans: Group of peers who share similar values and beliefs smaller in size
than a crowd, but larger than a small group of friends
Question: Cognitive Development
Ans: Changes in mental processes
Question: Concrete Operational
Ans: The stage of Piaget's theory characterized by a child's need for
concrete objects or a situation in order for logical thinking to take place
Question: Crowd
Ans: Large group of peers who share some similar attributes, interests,
and desired activities usually there are identifiable labels for these groups
to which students feel affiliation
Question: Development
Ans: Systematic lasting changes that take place over the course of human
life span
Question: Disequilibrium
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Ans: State of unbalance that occurs after an interaction with the
environment that conflicts with our prior representation of events or
objects.
Question: Equilibrium
Ans: The constant search for a balance between what we already know
and some new knowledge or experience
Question: Formal Operational
Ans: Stage of Piaget's theory characterized by a child's ability to think
logically using abstract ideas and concepts
Question: Identity vs. Confusion
Ans: Erikson stage in which students emerge feeling as if they can or
cannot adequately answer the question "Who am I?"
Question: Imaginary Audience
Ans: Adolescents belief that everyone is as concerned about their behavior
and appearance as they are
Question: Industry vs. Inferiority
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Ans: Erikson stage in which students emerge either feeling eager to
engage in productive work or feeling incompetent in dealing with social
situations and with their peers
Question: Maturation
Ans: Internally determined change
Question: Organization
Ans: Continual process of arranging information objects and events within
mental systems
Question: Peer network
Ans: Large group of peers with whom students associate
Question: Personal Fable
Ans: Adolescents belief that they are special in the sense of being unique,
invulnerable, and omnipotent
Question: Physical Development
Ans: Changes in the human body dependent to a large extent on genes
Question: Prepubesence
