Nature of Psychology Nicole Celencevicius Capstone Course in Psychology/Psy490 September‚ 26‚ 2011 Dr. Susan Ellis-Slavich The Diverse Nature of Psychology Psychological is a very diverse field. The field of psychology is broken into four major theoretical perspectives; the psychodynamic perspective‚ the humanistic perspective‚ the cognitive-behavioral perspective‚ and the family systems perspective (Plante‚ 2011). In addition to major theoretical perspectives‚ psychology is comprised
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How Classroom Assessments Improve Learning Thomas R. Guskey Teachers who develop useful assessments‚ provide corrective instruction‚ and give students second chances to demonstrate success can improve their instruction and help students learn. Large-scale assessments‚ like all assessments‚ are designed for a specific purpose. Those used in most states today are designed to rank-order schools and students for the purposes of accountability—and some do so fairly well. But assessments designed for
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Developmental Milestones What is child development? Child development refers to how a child becomes able to do more complex things as they get older. Development is different than growth. Growth only refers to the child getting bigger in size * Gross motor: using large groups of muscles to sit‚ stand‚ walk‚ run‚ etc.‚ keeping balance‚ and changing positions. * Fine motor: using hands to be able to eat‚ draw‚ dress‚ play‚ write‚ and do many other things. * Language: speaking‚
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‘The Two Disciplines of Scientific Psychology’ In this paper Lee Cronbach delivers his visionary presidential address to the American Psychological Association (APA)‚ calling for the unification of experimental and correlational psychology in which he argued that psychology continues to this day to be limited by the dedication of its investigators to one or the other method of inquiry rather than to scientific psychology as a whole. He discusses the two streams on branches of psychology that have
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PLANES OF DEVELOPMENT Dr. Montessori defined four stages of development and labeled them as four planes of development. Within these stages‚ development is intense at the beginning‚ consolidates and then tapers to the next. 1st and 3rd planes are period of intense creation‚ while 2nd and 4th planes are calm periods of consolidation. Each plane is approximately six years and has its own special characteristics as follows: 1. FIRST PLANE OF DEVELOPMENT : (0-6) ( INDIVIDUAL CREATION OF THE PERSON)
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Developmental Milestones: Birth to Age Three Unit 4 CE114-03 Developmental Milestones Children grow and develop at different rates; however‚ most pass through an identifiable skill “set” along the way. These skills‚ called developmental milestones‚ build on each other‚ from simple to complex‚ during predictable time periods for most children. Milestone charts‚ such as one provided below‚ represent a timetable for mastery of some developmental milestones for a certain age group. DEVELOPMENTAL
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The term cognitive development refers to the process of developing intelligence and higher level thinking that allows a person to acquire problem-solving skills from the age of infancy through adulthood. A Swiss philosopher by the name of Jean Piaget took an interest in in developmental psychology; specifically in children during infancy through pre-adolescence. This model developed by Piaget still has a modern-day relevancy. Contributions to Learning and Cognition Piaget made a considerable contribution
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Cognitive-Behavioral Approach Introduction Our thought process plays a very important role in how we feel generally and in what we do. There is a type of psychotherapy that places emphasis on this role that our thought process plays in these situations and it is called cognitive behavioral therapy. This theory focus on the idea that all our attitudes‚ feelings and behaviors are caused by our thoughts‚ and not by external factors such as events‚ people and situations that we encounter. There is
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Psychology 1 Module 1 Project Milestone by Andre Barris The use of the Myers Briggs test really interested me in this module for the fact that I’ve had to take it before in school. It is a personality sense that is quick‚ small‚ and a pretty simple but effective way to get the basic traits of someone’s personality. When I took it I was ENFJ which means the test considers my personality and me to be Extraverted‚ Intuitive‚ Feeling‚ and Judging. The test has a couple of questions and only takes 10
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Developmental Milestones: Birth to Age Three In addition‚ include a one-paragraph analysis addressing the fact that individuals develop at varying rates. After birth‚ babies will start to grow at an incredibly fast rate during their first year of life. As they grow‚ babies will experience developmental milestones. Developmental milestones are skills that babies will acquire such as recognizing the voices of their parents‚ smiling‚ making sounds‚ rolling over‚ sitting up. Throughout
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