EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Although different, Piaget and Vygotsky both developed theories about _________________.

• Self efficacy

• Motivation

• Constructivism

• Instructional Design

Personality primarily depends upon......

• Heredity

• Social environment

• Mental set up

• Economic factor

What does cognitive mean?

• refers to thinking, conscious and mental processes

• being aware of your surroundings

• being able to take in information from your environment (e.g. sight)

• studying the brain and human behaviour

Erickson's theory of personality development helps teachers in the classroom understand...

• how to motivate

  students

• what is appropriate

  for students at each

  stage/age

• what is appropriate

  for students at each

  stage/age

• how to minimize stress

Educational psychology is important for

• Teacher

• Students

• Parents

• All of the above

How many stages are in Piaget's cognitive development theory?

• 1

• 6

• 3

• 4

During the preoperational stage children are very _________

• independent

• loud

• egocentric

• self centered

What is the goal of Piaget's Theory?

.

• To explain the

  mechanisms and

  processes by which

  infants and then

  children develop into

  individuals

• To track child development as children age

• To finally understand why these hip young

  kids won't get off his

  lawn.

• To create a road map for cognitive development.

Which years are the Preoperational stage of Development

• 0-2 years

• 2-7 years

• 7-11 years

• 11+ year

________ is the support mechanisim that helps a learner succesffully perform

a task within his/ her

zone of proximal development.

• Zone of Proximal Development

• Scaffolding

• Memory

• Theory