Final Chapter 3 Vocabs Flashcards
The way in which we initially receive information.
Receptive learning style
One’s preferred manner of acquiring, using, and thinking about knowledge.
Learning style
A style that involves a preference for written material, favoring reading over hearing and touching.
Read/write learning style
A style that favors material presented visually in a diagram or picture.
Visual/graphic learning style
A style that favors listening as the best approach to learning.
Auditory/verbal learning style
A style that involves learning by touching, manipulating objects, and doing things.
Tactile/kinesthetic learning style
Information processed by the left side of the brain, focusing on speaking, reading, thinking, and reasoning.
Left-brain processing
Information processed by the right side of the brain, focusing on recognition of pattern, drawings, music, and emotional expression.
Right-brain processing
People’s view of themselves that forms over time; physical self, the social self, and the personal self.
Self-concept
A phenomenon that occurs when we hold a belief or expectation that affects our behavior, thereby increasing the likelihood that our beliefs our expectations will come true.
Self-fulfilling prophecy
The overall evaluation we give ourselves as individuals.
Self-esteem
The expectation that one is capable of achieving one’s goals in many different kinds of situations.
Self-efficacy
A formal statement regarding what a person hopes to achieve during his or her lifetime.
Personal Mission Statement
The qualities we see as desirable and most important
Values
A state of self fulfillment in which people realize their highest potential in their unique way.
Self-actualization
