PSYCH 133F Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dynamic Assessment, Bilingual Education, Direct Instruction
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Psych 133f readings ch 2: the development of. It is preprogrammed: learning - any relatively permanent change in thought or behavior that results from experience. It is not preprogrammed and requires a stimulant. Were not born knowing: canalization the extent to which a behavior or ability develops without respect to the environment, a highly canalized ability is something that develops in almost all children, in widely varying environments, ex. Perceptual abilities like seeing and hearing are highly canalized: weakly canalized abilities are like children"s interpersonal skills b/c they learn social skills from teachers and parents. People gradually progress to higher levels of cognitive ability, such that each new accomplishment builds directly on those before it: stagelike development 3 major assumptions about development. Children think fundamentally and clearly differently at each stage of cognitive development. Behavior and development always moves forward, never backward, and moves in the same way for everyone.