EDUC 220 Study Guide - Catastrophe Theory, Critical Period, Temporal Lobe
31 Aug 2014
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What students can learn and when they are ready to learn. Development: certain changes that occur in humans (or animals) b/w conception and death. Not applied to all changes, but rather to those that appear to orderly ways and remain for a reasonably long period of time (eg: change caused by brief illness isn"t part of development) Social and emotional dev: changes where one relates to others, and to others" personality and emotional understanding. Cognitive dev: change in thinking mental processes become more complex and sophisticated. Maturation: change occurred naturally & spontaneously and are genetically programmed (unaffected by enviro, except for malnutrition/illness); other changes from learning, as we interact with the enviro nature vs nurture. Biology vs culture; maturation vs learning; innate vs acquired abilities some say 100% nature and nurture. Coactions: joint actions of bio and enviro each shapes and influences the other. Adding to and increasing abilities vs leaps or moves to new stages when abilities change.
