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Psych 310
Notes for 1st quiz
Term | Definition |
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Experiment | -Can determine whether treatment group differs from control group as a result of receiving the treatment. -This is the ONLY research design that allows you to make claims about one variable CAUSING another. |
Quasi-experiment (Randomized) | Can determine whether treatment groups differs from control group, but cannot be SURE that the treatment caused the difference due to lack of random assignment. |
Correlational Study (Hats) | -Can examine relationship between two variables. -CAN NOT assume causation or direction of relationship. |
Observational Study (Ice Cream and Robbery) | Can see how variables change in relation to each other in the real world. |
Action Research | -Can see relationships between new methods and student achievement. -CAN NOT draw causal conclusion. |
Intentional teaching | -Knowing the material is not enough -Good communication skills -Asking for feedback & assessing understanding -Learner awareness- cultural, intellectual, social -Ability to motivate students -Classroom management skills |
Sensorimotor (Birth- Age 2) | -Object Permanence -Trial and error to problem solving and thinking |
Preoperational (Ages 2-7) | -No conservation -Centration -No reversibility -Egocentrism |
Concrete Operational (Ages 7-11) | -Inferred Reality -Seriation -Transitivity -Class inclusion -Logical thinking not abstract |
Formal Operational (Ages 11- Adulthood) | Abstract and symbolic thinking are possible. |
Assimilation | Understanding new experiences by using existing schemes. |
Accomodation | Understanding new experiences by creating new schemes. |
Scaffolding | I do/You watch - I do/You help - You do/I help - You do/I watch |