Edexcel GCSE Psychology, Development
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How to help pre-operational stage in development ✔✔Children need to build their schemas so
experiences where they actively do things helps. Due to centration, there needs to be less
watching and more doing. Discovery learning is important so you can self-regulate.
Acknowledge that different children are at different stages of development and their ability can
change every day. Models and drawings are easier to understand
Self-regulate ✔✔ability to behave without the influence of anyone else
How to help concrete operational stage in development ✔✔Ask children to concentrate on more
than one aspect and assume decentration to assign tasks accordingly
How to help formal operational stage in development ✔✔Discuss abstract problems for example
understanding that you are part of two different social groups; family and school in which are
different social norms. Exploring these norms develops decentration. Studying different school
subjects also develops decentration by seeing a different aspect of life
Who and when came up with the implications for teaching ✔✔Robert Slavin, 2005
Implications for teaching; thinking ✔✔There should be a focus on the child's thinking not the
,correct answer. This will lead them to believe the process is what matters which increases effort
Implications for teaching; discovery ✔✔Discovery learning is required to engage freely with the
environment rather than being told facts
Implications for teaching; different ✔✔Teachers should accept and acknowledge that children do
not think like adults and all develop at different rates
Implications for teaching; individuals ✔✔Understand that each child goes through stages in
different ways. Classrooms should be suited for the entire class and whole-teaching is not
advised
Brain ✔✔The organ in your head made up of nerves that processes information and controls
behaviour
Forebrain ✔✔Anterior part of the brain covering hemispheres and central brain structures
Midbrain ✔✔Middle section forming part of nervous system
Hindbrain ✔✔Lower part of the brain which includes the medulla oblongata, cerebellum and
pons
, When does the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain form in a foetus? ✔✔3 or 4 weeks
What is below the hindbrain ✔✔Spinal chord
Anterior ✔✔Front part of the forebrain
Paper1 Questions And Answers 100%
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How to help pre-operational stage in development ✔✔Children need to build their schemas so
experiences where they actively do things helps. Due to centration, there needs to be less
watching and more doing. Discovery learning is important so you can self-regulate.
Acknowledge that different children are at different stages of development and their ability can
change every day. Models and drawings are easier to understand
Self-regulate ✔✔ability to behave without the influence of anyone else
How to help concrete operational stage in development ✔✔Ask children to concentrate on more
than one aspect and assume decentration to assign tasks accordingly
How to help formal operational stage in development ✔✔Discuss abstract problems for example
understanding that you are part of two different social groups; family and school in which are
different social norms. Exploring these norms develops decentration. Studying different school
subjects also develops decentration by seeing a different aspect of life
Who and when came up with the implications for teaching ✔✔Robert Slavin, 2005
Implications for teaching; thinking ✔✔There should be a focus on the child's thinking not the
,correct answer. This will lead them to believe the process is what matters which increases effort
Implications for teaching; discovery ✔✔Discovery learning is required to engage freely with the
environment rather than being told facts
Implications for teaching; different ✔✔Teachers should accept and acknowledge that children do
not think like adults and all develop at different rates
Implications for teaching; individuals ✔✔Understand that each child goes through stages in
different ways. Classrooms should be suited for the entire class and whole-teaching is not
advised
Brain ✔✔The organ in your head made up of nerves that processes information and controls
behaviour
Forebrain ✔✔Anterior part of the brain covering hemispheres and central brain structures
Midbrain ✔✔Middle section forming part of nervous system
Hindbrain ✔✔Lower part of the brain which includes the medulla oblongata, cerebellum and
pons
, When does the forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain form in a foetus? ✔✔3 or 4 weeks
What is below the hindbrain ✔✔Spinal chord
Anterior ✔✔Front part of the forebrain
