Educational Psychology Name ___________________________________
NSTRUCTIONS FOR WEEKLY READING ASSIGNMENT:
- As you read the assigned chapters, complete the outline by summarizing what you read. Put the information in your own words. Do not copy out of the textbook. Please keep in mind that the only way to convey to the instructor that you have read the assignment is by what you write down. Points will be subtracted for missing info under headings. Note that this weekly assignment will be 30% of your final grade.
- Please put your name on all assignments turned in.
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Chapter 3 Social Contexts and Socioemotional Development
- Theories of Socioemotional Development
- Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Theory
Five Environmental Systems
- Erikson’s Life-Span Development Theory
Eight Stages of Human Development
- Social Contexts of Development
- Parenting Styles
Authoritarian
Authoritative
Neglectful
Indulgent
- Parent Involvement in Children’s Schooling and Achievement
- Coparenting
- Changing Family in a Changing Society
- School-Family Linkages
- Peers
- Schools/Developmentally Appropriate Education
Montessori Approach
Controversy in Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education from Low-Income Families
- The Schooling of Adolescents/Improving America’s High Schools
- Socioemotional Development
- Self-Esteem
- Moral Development
Kohlberg’s Theory
Level 1 Preconventional Reasoning
Level 2 Conventional Reasoning
Level 3Post Conventional Reasoning
- Cheating
- Prosocial Behavior/Altruism
- Moral Education
- Service Learning
- Coping with Stress
- Emotional Development
Coping with Stress
Chapter 4 Individual Variations
- Intelligence
- What is Intelligence
- Intelligence Tests
The Binet Tests
The Wechsler Scales
Group Intelligence Tests
- Theories of Multiple Intelligences
Gardner’s Eight Frames of Mind
Do Children have one intelligence or many?
- The Neuroscience of Intelligence-Heredity or Environment contribute to Intelligence?
- Controversies and Issues in Intelligence
Nature and Nurture
Flynn Effect
Cultural Bias and Culture-Fair Tests
Ability Grouping and Tracking
Between-Class Ability Grouping
Within-Class Ability Grouping
- Learning and Thinking Styles
Impulsive/Reflective Styles
Deep/Surface Styles
Optimistic/Pessimistic Styles
- Personality and Temperament
Personality
The “Big Five” Personality Factors
Temperament
Classifications Easy child
Difficult child
Slow to Warm Up child
