EDPS 251 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Comprehensive Sex Education, Social Cognitive Theory, Theory Of Multiple Intelligences
23 Aug 2016
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Chapter 1 introduction: bronfrenbrenner"s bioecological theory: essay question, continuity vs. discontinuity, nature vs. nurture: biological vs. environmental aspects of development. Chapter 2 puberty: endocrine system- primarily responsible for hormonal changes during adolescence- androgens (testosterone) and estrogen, hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis-monitors and controls the amount of hormones that circulate throughout the body, negative feedback loop (compare to a thermostat) Mood (what happens through the day is more likely to affect moods more than hormones) Sleep (stay up later, more tired in the morning) Peer disapproval is weighed more heavily than adults: piaget"s theory of cognitive development (discontinuous aspect of development) Equilibration, assimilation and accommodation (information is assimilated with current way of thinking. Egocentrism (imaginary audience, personal fable) identify examples of ia and pf (a person is unique nothing bad happens to you, bad happens to others = pf) Zone of proximal development (how students need a level of support) Information processing theory (in contrast to piaget) continuous development, gradually over time improved thinking.
