Disability - the inability to do something specific such as hear or walk, General intelligence - a factor in cognitive ability that is related in varying degrees to performance on all mental tests, Fluid intelligence - Mental energy and efficiency grounded in brain development, Multiple Intelligences - Gardner's theory of a person's eight separate abilities, Mental age - a performance in intelligence testing that represents average abilities for an age group, Creativity - Imaginative, original thinking, Brainstorming - Generating ideas without stopping and evaluating, Learning preferences - Ways of studying and learning that a person prefers over other methods, IDEA - Legislation that guarantees free appropriate public education to all children, IEP - agreement between teachers, parents, and specialists of a specialized education program, Learning disability - Problem with acquisition and use of language, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - current term for disruptive behavior disorders marked by excessive difficulty sustaining attention, overactivity, or impulsiveness, speech disorder - inability to produce sounds effectively for speaking, Intellectual disabilities - Significantly below-average intellectual and adaptive social behavior, Epilepsy - seizure disorder caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the brain, Pervasive Developmental Disorders - term favored by medical community to describe autism spectrum disorders, Gifted and talented - demonstrating outstanding aptitudes and competencies in one or more domains,

Chapter 4 : Educational Psychology

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