Final - Attachment/Attunement/Embodied Minds Flashcards
Do learning styles exist?
no
What is true instead of learning styles?
- People have preferences for learning styles, but they don’t effect learning
- might have better PROCESSING or MEMORY for one sense
- so RECALL can be a bit effective, but that’s not the same as learning
Most of what you learn is stored in terms of _____
meaning
is meaning tied a particular sense?
no
In order to retain something, we need to…
- organize it in a way that’s meaningful
- make connections to it
- connect to own experiences & context
- make up examples
the best way to learn something is…
…totally dependent on the content itself!! There is no one answer! (you learn visual information visually, etc)
Do all things have a ‘best sense’ for learning?
no, some are multisensory (i.e. symphony, football game)
What is secure attachment?
Good at using mother as a secure base
What is the name of the attachment test?
Strange Situation
What does a secure child do for the strange situation?
cry when she leaves, ignore the environment, then is receptive to being soothed when she returns. Slowly becomes engaged in environment again as child calms down.
What does an ambivalent child do for the strange situation?
Cry when she leaves, then remain sullen when back. hands to face, at sides, turning away.
What is another name for ambivalent?
resistant BUT means anxious!!
What does an avoidant child do for the strange situation?
angry, throws toys
What are children supposed to learn from interactions with caregivers
- how to trust and reach out in times of difficulty
- how to regulate oneself (emotion, behaviour, attention)
What is the difference between Anxious-Ambivalent and preoccupied?
child v adult name
kinds of knowledge (from a pedagogical viewpoint)
rigid bits - facts - help them get to know
can figure it out - prompt them
needs to become automatic - create repeated exposure
4 kinds of learning
Automaticity
Application
Strengthening
Making New Sense
Automaticity
practice (training reflexes) FEELS fun (flow/play)
Application
demonstrate (using knowledge to accomplish something)
FEELS consolidating
Strengthening
Assimilation (from what you do know to what you don’t yet know - scaffolding?)
FEELS affirming
Making New Sense
Accommodation (from ‘huh’ to ‘aha’)
FEELS threatening/exhilerating
use multiple intelligence strategies for
adding MEANINGFUL stuff
Manage Attention:
- what’s emotionally salient draws our attention or shuts us down
- highlight the important
Co-occurance matters
stories and triggers tie things together
consider levels of ______
abstraction
affect =
emotion!
emotions are _____’s mental fuel
cognition
behaviours are ______ expression
emotion’s
early attachments shape
- what’s meaningful
- what we pay attention to
- our learning preferences
goal of understanding attachment as teacher
- understand self
- understand students
- relate in attuned ways
what are the attachment styles in children
secure
anxious-ambivalent
anxious-avoidant
disorganized-disoriented
what are the attachment styles in adults
secure
preoccupied (anxious/ambivalent)
dismissive (anxious/avoidant)
unresolved/disorganized
what is psychic equivalence
associated with preoccupied type
belief that what is in the mind is what is real
(perception = fact)
caused by parents not differentiating reaction from reality when reflecting emotion back
i.e. caregiver has SAME emotional experience
TOO REAL