WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Development of Children and Adolescents

WGU D307 Educational Psychology & Development of Children and Adolescents Piaget - ANSWER Believed we learn from interaction with peers and environment Preconventional - ANSWER All about me Conventional - ANSWER All about rules or laws Postconventional - ANSWER All about others Kohlberg - ANSWER Stages of Moral Development- Preconventional, Conventional, Postconventional Chomsky - ANSWER Theory of Universal Grammar- Innate/Biological Babbling- 6 to 8 months - ANSWER Consonant-vowel combinations (ba-ba, ma-ma) Holophrastic- 9 to 18 months - ANSWER Single words represent a sentence (up, juice, mine) Two-Word- 18 to 24 months - ANSWER Mini sentences (doggy bark, me play) Telegraphic- 24 to 30 months - ANSWER Vocabulary increases. Use mostly nouns and verbs, omits auxiliary words (Carrie want ball, I good boy today)- early multiword stage Later multiword stage- 30+ months - ANSWER 5+ word sentences, fastest vocabulary increase. Sentences formed with improving grammar, structure Skinner - ANSWER Operant conditioning and language development- children learn language based on reinforcement Operant Conditioning and Language Development - ANSWER Children learn language based on reinforcement, learn language through imitating, prompting, shaping, they associate words with meanings, correct utterances are positively reinforced- Skinner Vygotsky - ANSWER Social approach to language development Social Approach to Language Development - ANSWER language develops through social interactions, children need interpersonal interactions, Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), scaffolding (temp support), Private speech (talking to yourself) Spearman - ANSWER General intelligence (g factor