Psychology of Childhood

Exam 3 Study Guide

Chapter 7: Intelligence and Academic Skills
Pgs. 221-240, 242-257
What is Intelligence?
Psychometric approach
Gardners Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Sternbergs Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
o Analytic, Creative, and Practical Intelligence
Measures of intelligence
o Wechsler Scales, Dynamic assessment
Factors that influence IQ scores
Success in Early Reading
o Phonemic awareness, Familiarity with letters, Oral language, Concepts about print,
Inventive spelling
Academic Disorders
o Learning Disorders, Communication Disorders
o Aptitude-Achievement Gap
Least Restrictive Environment
o Mainstreaming, Resource Room, Inclusion

Chapter 8: Language Development
Pgs. 260-272, 276-285, 289-299
Vocabulary spurt, Fast mapping
Phonemes, Morphemes, Overregularization, Syntax, Semantics, Telegraphic Speech
Pragmatics
o Intonation, emotions, joke telling
Bilingualism
o Simultaneous, Sequential, Code switching
Article: Uchikoshi (2005)

Chapter 10: The Development of Self & Gender
Pgs. 335-342, 347-356, 362-375
Self Regulation
o Externalizing and internalizing problems, Behavioral inhibition
Eriksons Psychosocial theory
o Initiative vs. Guilt, Industry vs. Inferiority
Self-concept
Self-esteem
o Harters Self-Perception Scale
Gender Terms
o Gender identity, Gender labeling, Gender Roles
o Differential reinforcement, Social Learning Theory
o Gender Stability, Gender Constancy
Gender segregation
Gender and play
Video: Mickey Mouse Monopoly


Chapter 11: Moral Development
Pgs. 377-385
Kohlbergs Theory of Moral Development
o Preconventional, Conventional, Postconventional Levels (Stages 1 6)
Kohlbergs critics
Gilligans theory
o Morality of care and justice
Parenting and morality
o Love withdrawal, Power assertion, Induction