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Classical Conditioning relies on reinforcement to shape behavior.
False
Operant Conditioning focuses on the consequences of behavior to influence future actions.
True
Social Cognitive Learning emphasizes the role of observation and modeling in behavior development.
True
Socio-cultural Theories disregard the impact of culture on cognitive development.
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Piaget's Cognitive Development Stages include the abstract reasoning of the concrete operational stage.
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In classical conditioning, a neutral stimulus can evoke the same response as an unconditioned stimulus through repeated pairings.
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Operant conditioning focuses on how behaviors are influenced solely by internal cognitive processes.
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Development can only occur through intentional experiences in the learning paradigm.
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Cognitive development stages are strictly linear and do not involve complex relationships between various stimuli.
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Teachers can influence children's perceptions of subjects, such as mathematics, unintentionally through their behaviors.
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Study Notes
Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)
- The gap between what a child can do with assistance and without assistance.
- Scaffolding: Assistance provided by adults or more competent peers that enables children to perform cognitive tasks they wouldn't be able to do alone.
- Quality learning opportunities lead to expansion of the ZPD, facilitating development.
Cognitive Theory of Development of Jean Piaget
- Individuals progress through cognitive stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.
- Cultural experiences shape cognitive stages.
- Language plays a crucial role in cognitive development, enabling information processing and meaning-making.
- Language is used to create connections between ideas and acquire new information.
Ethology - Evolutionary and Socio-biological
- Human development is shaped by genetics and adapting to environmental changes.
- Inherited characteristics unfold according to a predetermined schedule of readiness.
- Typical developmental milestones are observed in most individuals (e.g., walking at 18 months, talking at two years).
- Changes in development occur due to a need to adapt to environmental demands for survival.
- For example, children learn to walk at about 18 months, and most children begin to talk at two years, despite variations in individual development.
Konrad Lorenz
- Pioneer in the ethological perspective, studying how animals develop adaptive behavioral patterns for survival.
- Species have a genetic predisposition to respond to specific information, leading to innate behaviors.
- Innate reflexes help animals meet basic needs.
- Human and animal behavior patterns share similarities.
- Human infants exhibit "babyish" features that trigger caregiving responses.
Attachment Theories
- Focus on development of emotional bonds between children and primary caregivers.
Learning Paradigm
- People develop through interactions with their environment via observation, conditioning, reward, and punishment systems.
- Development can occur through intentional and unintentional experiences.
- For example, children may develop a high level of appreciation for reading due to rewards from parents.
- Teachers may unintentionally convey negative perceptions about mathematics, influencing children's perception.
- Learning theories focus on the relationship between stimulus and response.
- The relationship between stimuli and responses is complex, with numerous stimuli influencing behavior changes.
- Cognitively stimulating classroom decorations can facilitate learning, alongside teachers and peer interactions.
- Teachers should systematically identify stimuli that can influence development.
Classical Conditioning
- Explains development based on the pairing of two stimuli.
- One stimulus is paired with a neutral stimulus until the neutral stimulus elicits the same response as the first one.
- Classical conditioning emphasizes observable responses, downplaying cognitive and affective processes.
- Unconditioned response is a natural, reflexive response.
- Example: An infant's sucking reflex when its mouth or lips are touched.
- Neutral stimulus: A stimulus that initially does not evoke a response.
- Conditioned stimulus (CS) comes to evoke the same response as the unconditioned stimulus (US) after repeatedly pairing the US and CS.
- Example: Repeatedly pairing touching the infant's lips with feeding (US) creates an association. Eventually, touching the lips (CS) alone triggers sucking.
Operant Conditioning
- Explains development based on the association of responses.
- Reinforcement is a consequence that follows a response and increases the probability of its repetition.
- The intention of reinforcement is for the person to repeat the behavior.
- Reinforcement can be positive (giving something desirable) or negative (removing something undesirable).
- For example, tantrums in children may be reinforced by parents giving in to their demands.
- Children's interest in learning is influenced by the quality of their experiences.
- Rewarding learning experiences enhance motivation, while detrimental ones hinder engagement.
Social Cognitive Learning
- Development is centered on interaction with other people.
- Imitation and modeling are key processes in social cognitive learning.
- Models, like parents, siblings, classmates, and teachers, influence individuals.
- The process involves attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation.
- For example, children's judgments about moral issues are influenced by adult models.
- Demonstrating desired behaviors (like helping) encourages children to adopt similar behaviors.
Socio-Cultural Theories
- Culture, encompassing language, social norms, and collective experiences, strongly influences individual development.
- Socio-cultural factors shape affective, cognitive, and behavioral experiences.
- Individuals internalize cultural beliefs and practices through interactions with various groups.
- For example, parental practices, interpersonal relationships, and political and social preferences shape development.
Socio-Cultural Theory of Lev Vygotsky
- Emphasizes the importance of social interaction in cognitive development.
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