Child and Adolescent Psychology
Child and Adolescent Psychology
Lesson 4 Assignment #1:Critical Thinking Exercise
Indicate which of the following cases illustrate preoperational and concrete operational thinking. Read each case and explain why the child’s statements reflect preoperational or concrete operational thinking. Use key terms/concepts from Piaget’s theory. If neither preoperational nor concrete operational thinking are illustrated, identify & explain which other stage of Piaget’s theory best illustrates the thinking.
A.Katie is asked, “Do you have a brother?” She says, “Yes.” Then she is asked, “Does he have a sister?” She answers, “No.”
B.Ray says, “A fly is like both insects and birds. It’s like birds because it flies, but it’s like insects because it has six legs.”
C.Tim is working on analogies. He declares, “Biking is to pedaling as riding in a car is to stepping on the gas pedal because they both make the vehicle go!”
D.Bobby states, “I understand how this nickel and these five pennies are the same as this dime.”
E.Her teacher asks Mary, “How can the scale be brought back into balance?” Mary replies, “The only way to do that is to remove the weight that made one pan sink lower than the other.”
Lesson 4 Assignment #2:Internet Search
Select any two topics from the list below. Search Internet sites for information on the two selected topics listed. Use the evaluation criteria given in your Course Documents on Bb9 on using the Internet in teaching. How are the topics treated differently by sites whose urls end in .edu, .gov., .com, and .org? I do not want a description of what the urls represent.Ideally, you should have four sites for each topic. However, some topics may not have a specific url associated with it (identify if this is the case). In addition, provide an overview paragraph of each of the selected topics. (Be sure to include your citations/urls)
• Reading readiness
• Collaborative learning
• Mnemonics
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Children as witnesses in court
Lesson 4 Assignment #3: Memory Definition Matrix
Using the handout (below), Memory Matrix, explain the purposes, functions, and importance of key terms
Memory Matrix
Key Term
Definition
Function
Importance to Learning
Information-processing
automaticity
attention
encoding
metacognition
habituation
schemas
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