Is it Ethical?
A teacher marks “No” to a criminal‑history question on an application despite a juvenile offense.
What is NOT ethical (violates Standard 4: Honesty)?
This psychologist developed psychoanalytic theory, believing that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influence behavior.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
One of the best‑known examples of classical conditioning is this scientist’s experiments with dogs.
Who is Ivan Pavlov?
Give an example of a workplace ethical dilemma.
What is a conflict between confidentiality and mandatory reporting?
The standard that deals with educators following all federal, state, and local laws and statutes.
What is Legal Compliance?
An educator lets a homeless student sleep on the educator’s couch for a night; reports to supervisor and DFCS next morning.
What is not ethical (boundary issue under Standard 2: Conduct with Students)? (Safer action: contact admin/DFCS immediately and use approved resources.)
This Swiss psychologist revolutionized how we think about child development, arguing that children think differently than adults.
Who is Jean Piaget?
This experiment paired a white rat with loud, scary sounds until a child cried at the sight of the rat.
What is the Little Albert experiment?
More formal than a warning and admonishes the educator for his or her behavior but does not invalidate the educator's certificate and cautions the educator that future unethical behavior could lead to a more severe action
What is reprimand?
The standard that deals with the use of alcohol or illegal/unauthorized drugs during professional practice.
What is Alcohol or Drugs?
While chaperoning, a teacher goes next door to have an alcoholic drink.
What is not ethical (Standard 3: Alcohol or Drugs during professional duties)?
This eight‑stage theory explains how social conflicts at each stage of life shape personality and development.
What is Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development?
This intelligence theorist argued that all humans possess nine intelligences in varying amounts.
Who is Howard Gardner?
The governing body that ensures Georgia’s Code of Ethics for Educators is followed and investigates reports of breaches.
What is the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC)?
Standard that deals with educators demonstrating conduct that follows generally recognized professional standards.
What is Professional Conduct?
An educator pitches a nutritional supplement to her class, gives free samples, and asks students to help sell it.
What is not ethical (Standard 6: Remunerative Conduct)?
Piaget’s stage from birth to age 2, when behavior is limited to simple motor responses caused by sensory stimuli.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
In this classic observational study, children imitated aggressive behavior toward an inflatable toy.
What is the Bobo doll experiment? (Bandura)
The formal guidelines for ethical behavior for educators.
What is the Code of Ethics?
Any written, signed statement filed with the Commission alleging a breach of the Code of Ethics.
What is a complaint?
An administrator hears a rumor of an inappropriate educator–student relationship and does nothing.
What is not ethical (Standard 9: Required Reports—duty to report suspicion)?
This theorist believed children learn actively through hands‑on experiences and that learning is a social process.
Who is Lev Vygotsky?
This approach argues that unconscious desires and early childhood experiences strongly shape behavior.
What is psychoanalytic theory? (Accept: Who is Sigmund Freud?)
Term for the invalidation (taking away) of any certificate held by an educator.
What is revocation?
Term for the temporary invalidation of any certificate for a period of time specified by the Professional Standards Commission.
What is Suspension