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what are the four key stages of brain development

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pre - natal, childhood, adolescence and adulthood

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what is the nervous system

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network of nerve cells and fibres that transmit impulses between body parts

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draw and label the main parts of a neuron

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include - cell body, nucleus, dendrite, myline sheath, axon

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what does the dendrite do

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collects chemical messages and transforms it into electrical impulses

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what does the axon do

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carries electrical impulses through the neuron

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what does the myelin sheath do

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protects the axon preventing loss of electrical impulses

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name and label the parts of the brain

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frontal lobe, parental lobe, temporal lobe, occipital, hippocampus

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what is the purpose of the frontal lobe

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problem solving, movement, speaking

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what is the purpose of the parental lobe

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reading, senses

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what is the purpose of the temporal lobe

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listening

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what is the purpose of the occipital lobe

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vision, colour perception

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how does the stage of pre natal help brain development

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  • the neural tube is developed into the spinal cord and brain
  • cerebral cortex is then formed - needed for thinking and acting
  • then divided into four sections
  • neurons begin to develop
  • simple synapses form allowing neurons to communicate
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how does the stage of childhood help brain development

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  • new synapses form to allow baby to see in 3d and colour
  • prefrontal cortex is at peak allowing children to use past experiences to understand present
  • neural connections are then pruned
  • frontal lobe = a lot of development
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how does the stage of adolescence help brain development

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  • brain remodelling
  • grey matter reaches maximum density
    and then prunes away
  • limbic system first to mature
  • prefrontal cortex still developing meaning relying on limbic system to take over
  • explains risk taking behaviour
  • frontal lobe = mature at 16
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how does the stage of adulthood help brain development

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  • prefrontal cortex finally matures (25)
  • helps people make rational decisions and focus on long term consequences
  • brain volume decreases
  • later adulthood development of neurodegenerative diseases
    these are progressive and get worse over time and are believed to result in the death of neurons in the brain.
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what are IQ tests

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tests designed to measure intelligence

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who created IQ tests

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Alfread Binnet

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why did he create IQ tests

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French government wanted to help children in school

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what do IQ tests measure

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memory skills, attention, problem solving skills

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how did IQ tests create a controlling society and why

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psychologists set IQ tests to determine if people could enter the county, get jobs or fight in war - people may not speak native language so unfair

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who created the theory of cognitive development

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Piaget

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what are the four stages of cognitive development and ages

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sensory motor - 0-2
pre operational - 2-7
concreate operational - 7-11
formal operational - 11+

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what is a schema

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mental structures of our world enabling to understand the present

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what is assimilation

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new information that children encounter are merged into EXISTING schemas

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what is accommodation

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new information that children encounter which results in either a new schema being formed or it alters an old one

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what is object permanence and what age does it begin to develop and the stage

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understanding that items and people still exist even when you can’t see or hear them - 12 months - sensori-motor

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what is animism and when does it begin to develop and the stage

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the belief that inanimate objects are alive, thinking with feelings - 2-7 - pre operational stage

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what is egocentrism and when does it begin to develop and the stage

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children’s lack of empathy believing everyone else sees the world in the same way - 2-7 - pre operational

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what is decentration and when does it begin to develop and what stage

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the ability to pay attention to more than one aspect of a situation - 7-11 - concreate operational

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what is reversibility and when does it begin to develop and what stage

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being unable to think in reverse order and not understanding if you add something or take something away from an object - 2-7 - pre operational

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what is conservation and when does it begin to develop and what stage

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logical thinking ability that allows a person to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment of the container 7-11 concreate operational

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what are some criticisms of Piaget’s study of conservation

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  • only on Swiss children - culturally bias
  • small sample size - not generalisable
  • study was artificial (lab) therefore it lacked ecological validity (doesn’t apply to the real world)
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what is reductionism

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viewing human behaviour from a simple perspective and fails to take in other factors that contribute to how we behave

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what is holism

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recognises the importance of seeing people as individuals and that one approach or theory cannot explain human behaviour

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how can the reductionism and holism debate relate to Piaget’s theory of the stages of development

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Piaget’s theory can be considered reductionist
- he made the assumption that all children are the same
- eg: learning disabilities
therefore his study cannot be related to every child like he stated

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what are the three factors Piaget’s theory of cognitive development is based on

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invariant, universal, schemas

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what does the term invariant mean

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that Piaget’s stages don’t change for each child. everyone goes through EACH OF these stages ( not skipping) no matter their intelligence.

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what does the term universal mean

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It applies to all people, no matter age, gender, race, culture etc

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what was the study Piaget completed

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the study into the conservation of number

40
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what did Piaget want to find out

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if age group effected children ability to conserve

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what was Piaget’s hypothesis

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children in the concreate operational stage will be able to conserve but not pre operational

42
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what was the sample size of piagets study

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very small
Swiss children
three were his own children

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what did Piaget do to test his hypothesis

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  • tested each child individually
  • they were shown two rows of counters that were lined up side by side
  • both rows were equally matched, counter line one directly above the second
  • the child was then asked if there were the same amount of counters in each row
  • the experimenter then spread out one of the rows of counters and the child was asked again the same question
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what were the results of the study

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pre operational - the row that was spread out had more counters
children at the end of pre operational stage- understood there wasn’t the same amount of counters but couldn’t explain why
children in the concreate operational stage- they understood and were able to explain why

45
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what are the criticisms of Piaget’s study

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ignores holistic view
small sample size - not generalisable
completed under lab conditions therefore not ecologically valid
only Swiss children - culturally bias

46
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who created theory’s of learning development

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Carol Dweck and Willingham

47
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what did Dweck study

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growth and fixed mindset

48
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what is a growth mindset

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people who believe with effort and time they can develop their intelligence

49
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what is a fixed mindset

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people who believe they think their intelligence is innate and cannot be changed

50
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what did the researcher give to the children to test their mindset

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puzzles to solve at first easy then harder

51
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what where the two different praises the researcher gave the children

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intelligence and effort

52
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what was the result when children were praised for intelligence

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  • they had a fixed mindset
  • stayed in their comfort zone
  • didn’t want to choose the harder option of puzzle to therefore feel a sense of achievement when doing the easier puzzle
  • when they fail they believe its a lack of their intelligence
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what was the result when children were praised for effort

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  • they had a growth mindset
  • they approached challenges
  • choses problem solving tasks that increased learning
  • when they fail they link it to a lack of effort not their intelligence
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what should teachers do teachers influence children’s mindset

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by telling students that improvement takes effort and time and they need to work hard to be good at something
they should
- praise students for effort
- give small but do able tasks
- encourage students to try hard and not give up

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what are some criticisms of Dweck

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  • places failure very firmly on students, if they fail, they believe it is because of their mindset or lack of effort
  • doesn’t take into account other factors such as stress or individual differences that could effect their ability to concentrate
56
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who provided support for Dweck’s theory

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Blackwell et al’s

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what were the findings of Blackwell’s study

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students with a growth mindset were found to have stronger learning goals and greater motivation levels. students with a growth mindset also had increased levels of math achievement

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what is a learning style

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they way in which people learn best

59
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who criticised learning styles

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Willingham

60
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what are the four types of learning styles

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visual, kinaesthetic, reading, auditory

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what did Willingham believe

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there is no evidence that learning styles exist. He also believes that there are preferences of how to learn but teaching to these preferences doesn’t lead to better learning

62
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what are some criticisms of Willingham’s theory

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  • ignored individual differences
  • too reductionistic
  • used evidence from other theories

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