EDUC 1: Learner-Centered Principles and Human Development Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes covering the 14 Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (LCP) and key concepts and approaches in Human Development.

Learner-Centered Psychological Principles (LCP)

A framework of 14 principles pertaining to the learner and learning processes, established by the American Psychological Association and categorized into four core factor domains.

Cognitive and Metacognitive Factor

One of the four factor categories of the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles, encompassing 6 specific principles related to mental and thinking processes.

Motivational and Affective Factors

One of the four factor categories of the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles, encompassing 3 specific principles focused on how motivation and emotional states influence learning.

Developmental and Social Factors

One of the four factor categories of the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles, encompassing 2 specific principles regarding developmental stages and social context in learning.

Individual Difference Factors

One of the four factor categories of the Learner-Centered Psychological Principles, encompassing 3 specific principles regarding how individual variations impact learning.

Traditional Approach to Development

The perspective of human development that posits extensive change occurs from birth to adolescence, little to no change occurs during adulthood, and decline occurs in late old age.

Life-Span Approach to Development

The perspective of human development asserting that developmental change occurs throughout adulthood just as it does during childhood.

Plasticity

The potential for change throughout the life-span, indicating that developmental skills and capacities can be trained or improved at any age.

Biological Processes

Developmental processes involving changes in an individual's physical nature, including brain development, height and weight gain, hormonal changes, and cardiovascular shifts.

Proximodistal Pattern

A pattern of development where muscular control and growth proceed from the center or trunk of the body outward toward the extremities like the arms, hands, and fingers.

Cephalo-caudal Pattern

A pattern of development where the greatest growth occurs at the top (the head) and physical differentiation works its way downward from top to bottom.

Cognitive Processes

Developmental processes involving changes in an individual's thought patterns, intelligence, and language skills.

Socioemotional Processes

Developmental processes involving changes in an individual's relationships with others, emotional reactions, and personality traits.

Contextual Development

The concept that individuals are changing beings in a changing world who respond to and act on biological, physical, historical, social, and cultural contexts.

Goals of Human Development

The three primary goals of human development across the life-span, consisting of growth, maintenance, and regulation.