FAMILY HISTORY A. Parents In the place of Sultan Kudarat in South Cotabato‚ my mother Milagros Arandil was born with a Filipina race in the year of 1967 with an average daily living. My mother graduated in Bukidnon State University with the course of Bachelor of Science in Basic Elementary Education. My mother is fond in designing and planting plants‚ she likes also to cook delicious foods for us. Whenever Christmas is fast approaching she likes to decorate our house with different
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competence in a particular subject - Aptitude Tests: Psychology - psychological tests that measure your general ability to learn and solve problems in a particular subject area - Intelligence Tests: - tests that evaluate your overall cognitive ability to learn and solve problems general aptitude can be seen as intelligence - Personality Tests - to be discussed in another chapter Symons (1999): Aptitude prediction - Criterion Validity of Graduate Record Exam Tests - GRE scores are used
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Chapter 3 Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development In this chapter‚ we will discuss: • Contemporary Theories of a child’s Social Development: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory and Erikson’s Life-Span Development Theory; • Social Contexts of Development: families‚ peers‚ schools; • Socioemotional Development: the self‚ moral development‚ coping with stress. As an educator‚ years of teaching will make us think exactly how many children have we
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Cognitive Functioning PSY/475 April 22‚ 2013 Cognitive Functioning Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory *Componential *Metacomponents *Performance *Knowledge-acquisition Speaker Notes: Sternberg’s Triarchic theory was first introduced around 1985 and has been widely used since. Sternberg believed that that intelligence has three facets to help understand the human mind (Hogan‚ 2007). There are many different sub-divisions and then some of those have subparts to them as well. The first is componential
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Cognitive Dissonance theory Core Assumptions and Statements Cognitive dissonance is a communication theory adopted from social psychology. The title gives the concept: cognitive is thinking or the mind; and dissonance is inconsistency or conflict. Cognitive dissonance is the psychological conflict from holding two or more incompatible beliefs simultaneously. Cognitive dissonance is a relatively straightforward social psychology theory that has enjoyed wide acceptance in a variety of disciplines
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Consider applications to education (16 marks) AO2 Piaget believed in the progress of a child’s cognitive development through schooling and has an individualist approach in the way in which the child is an active participant and is responsible for their own learning. According to Piaget‚ cognitive development occurs as the result of maturation. You cannot teach a child certain activities before they are biologically ready‚ for example trying to reach a pre-operationalized child to perform abstract
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bel01_xxxii-033hr4.qxd 16-09-2009 10:14 Page xxxii Anne Douglas - Troy University eCampus Worth Publishers NOT FOR REPRODUCTION bel01_xxxii-033hr4.qxd 16-09-2009 10:14 Page 1 The Foundation q This two-chapter part offers you the foundations for understanding the lifespan journey. Chapter 1—The People and the Field introduces all the major concepts and themes in this course. In this first chapter‚ I’ll familiarize you with our discipline’s basic terminology‚ provide
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Through my semester in General Psychology Taking Psychology has taught me a lot more than I already knew about the human mind and human body. I have actually enjoyed taking Psychology this semester. what I have learned from Psychology class will be carried with me throughout my college and professional career. In Psychology I learned the science of behavior and processes. The “ABC’s” of Psychology which are‚ A- stands for affect‚ which are feelings‚ emotions or moods. B- stands for behaviors
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Chapter 2 Outline: The Biological Basis of Behavior Hemispherectomies: the removal or the left or right half of the brain. (often used to treat seizures). Improves speech‚ coordination‚ ect. The internal environment of the brain is often calmer and their external environment is enhanced and better. The brain is the “master control” of all the body’s functions. Our brains have billions of cells that make up pathways‚ networks‚ and back-up systems. The two sides of the brain are similar but NOT
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AP Psych Development Webquest Development… what can go wrong? http://www.umich.edu/~psycours/350/jaeckelj/terats.htm 1. What is a teratogen? Agents and conditions‚ including viruses‚ drugs‚ chemicals‚ stressors‚ and malnutrition‚ which can impair prenatal development and lead to birth defects or even death 2. Name some psychoactive drugs: Alcohol‚ tobacco‚ marijuana‚ cocaine‚ heroine 3. What do psychoactive drugs do in terms of development? They slow down fetal growth and increase the risk of premature labor
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