2.3 – Explain how theories of development and frameworks to support development influence current practice. Cognitive Jean Piaget (1896-1980) A Swish developmental psychologist Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development focusses on how children acquire knowledge and learn. He believed that when a child and an adult are given the same logical question children gave less sophisticated answers‚ not because they were less competent than the adults but because children are born with an extremely
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child closely to see if the child has developed significant behaviors marking the milestone of a four-year old child. Paying close attention whether the behaviors the child exhibits are connected to any theories learned in class such as Pavlov‚ Bowlby‚ Erikson‚ Piaget‚ Freud‚ etc. Description of Physical and Social Setting: The observation is taking place in a classroom where there are tables set up with different hands on activities are laid out for children to play with and pass time. The result
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What is Psychology? Psychology is the scientific explanation into how the mind works and how and why we behave the way we do. Over the years many have debated what they believe defines our behaviour. Many theorists have different perspectives on psychology and through research and studies such as experiments; each theorists have been able to conclude particular perspectives: We Observe Things around Us Develop a Theory Understand
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conditioning: * Classical conditioning‚ where the behavior becomes a reflex response to stimulus. * Operant conditioning‚ where there is reinforcement of the behavior by a reward or a punishment. Classical conditioning was noticed by Ivan Pavlov when he saw that if dogs come to associate the delivery of food with a white lab coat or with the ringing of a bell‚ they will produce saliva‚ even when there is no sight or smell of food. Classical conditioning regards this form of learning to be
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salivate at the sound of a bell that indicated feeding time. The ringing of the bell stimulates salivation a (stimulus) the bell‚ which meant food. Learning based on stimuli that elicit a particular response was created to the Russian Physiologist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936). (Papalia
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and Austria during the late 19th century in response to the molecular approach of structuralism. Behaviorism Behaviorism became a dominant school of thought during the 1950s. It was based upon the work of thinkers such as: John B. Watson Ivan Pavlov B. F. Skinner Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than
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Modern First Language Acquisition Theory 现代母语习得理论 Language is closely related to the human mind. The human mind‚ however‚ is very difficult to study‚ as it cannot be observed directly. But it leaves its traces everywhere‚ particularly in language. Language has been a window of the mind. Many people have tried to discern the workings of the mind from the growth of children. Psycholinguists are concerned with the mental processes that are involved in learning to speak‚ and are also interested in
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Assignment 2 – Paper – Teachers of Today – who they are and what they need to know Word count (2‚382): Final Word count (2‚264): INTRODUCTION Exciting‚ and rewarding are just some characteristics that explain teaching. Overcoming anxiety and nerves in the first year is our greatest challenge. Moving into the classroom for the first time can be a daunting and challenging experience for everyone. You are required to immediately equip four years of knowledge into your teaching and classroom
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also explored such topics as the psychology of art and language development. Lev Vygotsky is considered a seminal thinker in psychology‚ and much of his work is still being discovered and explored today. While he was a contemporary of Skinner‚ Pavlov and Piaget‚ his work never attained their level of eminence during his lifetime. Part of this was because his work was often criticized by the Communist Party in Russia‚ and so his writings were largely inaccessible to the Western world. His premature death
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themselves‚ functionalist thinkers were instead interested in the role that these processes play. c) Behaviorism - Behaviorism became a dominant school of thought during the 1950s. It was based upon the work of thinkers such as: John B. Watson‚ Ivan Pavlov‚ B. F. Skinner. Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. Behaviorism is focused on observable behavior. Theories of learning including classical conditioning and operant conditioning
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