pysc mid term

examples of questions that don’t work for experimental studies

is self esteem different among bilingual and monolingual students? (can’t randomly assign)

how does parent drug use impact student outcomes? (unethical)

case study

intensive study of one individual or one situation

ethnography

a descriptive approach to research that focuses on life within a group and tries to understand the meaning of events to the people involved

piaget takeaways

Information must be manipulated and acted upon

students interact to use test and change thier thinking strategies

concrete materials

play based or student led learning

piaget preoperational conservation

principle that some characteristics of an object remain the same despite changes in appearance

vytosky private speech

children’s self talk which guides their thinking and actions which eventually becomes silent inner speech

left hemisphere

language processing

right hemisphere

spatial visual information and emotions

aggression types

instrumental- aimed at claiming an object place or privilege not intended to harm

hostile- bold direct action that is intended to harm

overt- type of hostile that is physical

relational- type of hostile that is verbal