In this essay I aim to describe two theories (Equity Theory and Social exchange theory) of relationships and to consider how they might influence the therapist engaged in couples counseling‚ noting their similarities and differences. Equity theory is a theory about fairness. Its application to close relationships has been primarily advanced by Elaine Hatfield (previously known as Elaine Walster) and her colleagues in the book Equity: Theory and Research (Walster‚ Walster‚ and Berscheid 1978). The
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Learning theory (education) Learning theories are conceptual frameworks that describe how information is absorbed‚ processed‚ and retained during learning. Cognitive‚ emotional‚ and environmental influences‚ as well as prior experience‚ all play a part in how understanding‚ or a world view‚ is acquired or changed‚ and knowledge and skills retained. * Behaviorists look at learning as an aspect of conditioning and will advocate a system of rewards and targets in education. * Educators who
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My Research-Based Theory Of Teaching My Research-Based Theory of Teaching Abstract This paper is expressing my own theory of teaching based off the research that I have done and from my educational psychology class. This paper will be describing my own opinion on what are the major topics of education psychology. The areas of information that this paper will be covering are in the areas of child development‚ learning theory‚ motivation‚ teaching strategies and keeping control
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much progress in a lethargic & unprepared manner. b. Law of Exercise The second law of learning is the ‘Law of Exercise’‚ which means that drill or practice helps in increasing efficiency and durability of learning and according to Throndike’s S-R Bond Theory‚ the connections are strengthened with trail or practice and the connections are weakened when trial or practice is discontinued. The ‘law of exercise’‚ therefore‚ is also understood as the ‘law of use and disuse’ in which case connections or
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PIAGET Theory of Cognitive Development • Developmental psychology • Concerns the growth of intelligence‚ which for Piaget‚ meant the ability to more accurately represent the world and perform logical operations on representations of concepts grounded in interactions with the world • Schemata – schemes of how one perceives the world; emerges and is developed in developmental stages • We construct our cognitive abilities through self-motivated action in the world • Assimilation – take
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2.3 Formative Assessment; The Questioning strand Bruner (1960) introduced the theory of ‘scaffolding’; in that children build upon information they have already mastered. In 1966 he stated there were three phases of learning: enactive‚ using concrete equipment to aid learning‚ iconic – using pictoral representations and symbolic using abstract representations and language. He suggested that the three phases were integrated not discrete stages. These phases are extremely apparent in the progression
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Colleen Rinaldi Theories of Learning: Cognitive PSY331: Psychology of Learning Cоgnitivе dеvеlоpmеnt rеfеrѕ tо thе wаy аn infаnt pеrcеivеѕ‚ thinkѕ‚ аnd gаinѕ аn undеrѕtаnding оf hiѕ/hеr wоrld thrоugh thе intеrаctiоn оf gеnеtic аnd lеаrnеd fаctоrѕ likе prоcеѕѕing‚ rеаѕоning‚ lаnguаgе dеvеlоpmеnt‚ аnd mеmоry (Wagner‚ 2009). Thiѕ theory hаѕ bееn ѕtudiеd by mаny thеоriѕtѕ such as Еrickѕоn‚ Piаgеt and Vygоtѕky in vаriоuѕ wаyѕ thаt аll cоntributе tо оur undеrѕtаnding оf
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including aabout poor discovering‚ from what it is to how it seizes and how can it be solved. I’ll gaze at the factors that altering the education arrangement to be in this poor state that it is in. from the I’ll quote from Vygotsky’s theory of socio traditional theory and ZPD and how its use can truly enhance the discovering in the schools of South Africa. I’ll additionally gaze at my confidential experience as a educator and what has impacted on my discovering and what needs to change. Poor discovering
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The Evolution of Leadership Theory David A. Van Seters Stevenson‚ Kellogg‚ Ernst & Whinney‚ Vancouver‚ British Columbia and Evolution of Leadership Theory 29 Richard H.G. Field University of Alberta‚ Edmonton‚ Canada Leadership is one of the most complex and multifaceted phenomena to which organisational and psychological research has been applied. While the term "leader" was noted as early as the 1300s (The Oxford English Dictionary‚ 1933) and conceptualised even before biblical times
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The Kolb cycle 1984 was published before Gibbs 1988‚ David A. Kolb published his conception after an experimental test on a book “Experience as the Source of learning and development” while Gibbs published his theory by developing on the existing Kolb cycle (ehow[07/10/2014]). Kolb’s theory is based on 4 cycles. It starts with doing something as an individual‚ a group of people or even a team in Kolb’s cycle you cannot learn while watching or reading you must do something to learn‚ then on the second
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