Language & Thought
What is trial & error?
A non-systemic method of problem solving.
What are achievement tests?
Tests that measure "what you know right now"
What is developmental pyschology?
The study of how individuals change and mature over time.
What is personality?
An organized pattern of behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that characterize the person.
What is the person?
Carl Roger's theory was centered on this.
What are phonemes?
Individual units of sound in a language
What are aptitude tests?
What is nature vs. nurture debate?
The debate concerning whether the way a human develops is a result of heredity or environmental influences.
Who is Sigmud Freud?
The Father of Psychoanalytic Theory.
Who is Erik Erikson?
The Neo Freudian who focused on psychsocial development.
What are morphemes?
Smallest unit of lanuage that has meaning.
When a test measures what it claims to.
Who is Lawrence Kohlberg?
The social pyschologist who theorized the Theory
What is projective tests?
The Thematic Apperception Test and the Rorschach are examples of these.
Who is Lewis Terman?
What is telegraphic speech?
Speech that involves two word communication.
What is reliability?
When a test measures what it claims to accurately and repeatedly.
What are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational?
The four stages to Jean Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development.
What are Id, the Ego, and the Super Ego?
The Psychoanalytic Structures of Personality.
What is 8-16 weeks?
Time frame after conception that is crictial for brain development.
What are pragmatics?
Social rules for using language.
What are verbal and performance intelligences?
The two intelligences measured by the WAIS.
What is pre-moral/ preconventional?
Kohlberg's level of development focused on punishment and reward.
What is the objective tests?
The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the California Personality Inventory are examples of these.
What is second language acquistion?
The language ability that decreases after puberty.