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School psychology study guides for Microsoft Word and for homeschool
145+ Quick Review Facts for the PRAXIS School Psychology Test
Preparing for your teaching licensing or certification exam? Use this 145+ Quick Review Facts for the PRAXIS School Psychology Test to quickly review for the exam. Learn and review on the go! Use Quick Review Study Notes to help you learn or brush up on the subject quickly. You can use the review notes as a reference, to understand the subject better and improve your grades. Easy to remember facts to help you perform better.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN : A Practical Introduction
This e-book focuses on the earliest years (0-8). The book considers the most important theories of language development, language development in infants and toddlers, family literacy, stages of children’s language development, language, thought and culture. This book will be helpful to students taking early childhood, psychology and special needs course. This e-Book has been organized into several topical areas. Also, it gives citations after a topic.
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PreK - 6th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Erik Erikson's Psychosocial Development Theory
Introduction Erik Erikson was a German psychologist who suffered serious identity crisis in his youthful years. His parents divorced when he was a young child and he stayed with his mother. He then concluded that a need for identity is a major aspect in life. He also felt that the influence of the society on the development of personality should not be underestimated. The psychosocial development theory as articulated by Erikson explains eight stages through which a healthily developing human s
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Adolescent Problems and Challenges
Introduction to Adolescent problems and challengesTraditionally adolescence has been portrayed as a period of storm and stress – a state of internal civil war (Stanley Hall). Pubertal changes are so catastrophic as to be seriously upsetting leading to stress for example, there is a marked increase in mental health problems, suicidal thoughts or behaviour, drug and alcohol abuse, and premature sexual activity. Challenges and problems facing adolescents include:
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Educational resocurces for professional development
Helping Children with Emotional and Developmental Challenges
Introduction By the end of this article, you should be able to:Describe how to identify and refer children with, emotional and developmental challenges.Explain the behaviours portrayed by children with emotional and developmental challenges.Children with emotional and environmental challenges have been noted to portray various behaviours characterized by among others, aggression, bullying withdrawal, thumb sucking and hyperactivity.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Self-Perception, Self-Concept and Self-Esteem
What is self perception? Self perception may be simply defined as the way one sees her/himself. It is the image of self that one has. It is the individuals awareness of the characteristics that constitute one's self. One's self-perception is determined by her or his self-concept, self-knowledge, self-esteem, and the social self. The way one perceives herself/himself determines the social identity, social roles and membership of groups. It is worthy noting that the self perception one has inf
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Nutritional Deficiencies in Children
Nutritional Deficiency DiseasesAlthough adults also suffer from nutritional deficiency diseases, children are more vulnerable and the diseases have a more serious impact on their health. This is because they have low immunity levels, their growth rate is high and they are frequently in contact with dirt. Nutritional deficiency diseases are almost as many as there are nutrients. However, we will only discuss the most common of these diseases, since they are the ones that you are likely to encount
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Attachment and Bonding in Children
INTRODUCTIONWe all know that the initial interaction is between parents and the child. Parents usher the child into the social world through interaction. Often maternal love and care have been described as the most important influences on an infant’s future development (Bowlby, 1973). However there are children who are very close to their parents while others remain “disconnected.” In this lecture, we are going to focus on the kinds of bonds that exist between a child and the parent.
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Educational resocurces for professional development
Psychology Learning Theories Quiz and Answer Key
Multiple Choice, T/F and Long answer, the quiz covers learning theories for foundational psychology classes. Ideally to be used with Learning Psychology Lecture PPT. The Quiz covers: Definitions learningBehaviorismCognitive Learning Theory ConstructivismHumanistic Learning Theory Social Learning TheoryBrief advances in application of learning theory NeuroeducationAll materials should always be adapted to your class, content and students learning styles.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Foundational Psychology - Theories of Learning Unit
Anxiety Disorders Quick Review Lecture Notes and Handout
Anxiety Disorders Quick Review Lecture Notes and Handout
All the important facts that you need to know compiled in an easy-to-understand handout.
Perfect document to accompany any classroom instruction session. Use it as a handout for quick review purposes.
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9th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Psychological Disorders Quick Review (Study Aid/Handout)
Psychological Disorders Quick Review (Study Aid/Handout
Perfect document to accompany any classroom instruction. All the important facts that you need to know compiled in an easy-to-understand handout.
Use it as a handout for quick review and test prep purposes.
Save valuable time and use this WORD doc as a template to create your own. Modify this document as you see fit.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Two-Dimensional Model Theory and William Sheldon's Theory: Hans Eysenck's T
Introduction Hans J. Eysenck (1916-1997) was a European psychologist who was the first to study personality using a method known as factor analysis. He maintained that one's personality can he understood in terms of only two basic dimensions, these are the Introversion-extroversion and stability-Instability (neurotism) dimensions. Eysenck suggested a biological basis for personality traits as he linked introversion-extroversion and stability-instability to differences in individual's normal patt
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Children’s Behavior: Managing Behavior
IntroductionIn our previous lecture, we saw that children need to learn how to live with others. They have to be trained to function within some set-limits. This means that their behaviour has to be managed. To many parents, managing children’s behaviour is equal to discipline and is synonymous with use of the cane. Many associate indiscipline in school with banning of caning. But does managing children’s behviour require caning? Can one maintain discipline without use of punishment? Well, in th
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sibling Interaction
IntroductionWe have looked at attachment between parents and their children. Although this greatly impacts on children’s emotional development, siblings’ relationships also make a major contribution. It is important to remember that the relationship between siblings remains constant as long as they live. For a long time people assumed that the main determinants of an individual’s adult behaviour were the experiences they went through in parent-child relationship. However, it has been establishe
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Socialization of Children
Introduction What is socialization? · It is the process by which an individual is adapted to his social environment and becomes a recognized, cooperating and efficient member of a society.· It is the process by which children learn the ways of their society and make the ways part of their personality. Thus, socialization is the process of preparing a child to fit in his family, community and society by giving the child the right education (knowledge, skills and attitudes).
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Life Skills: Development of Life Skills
Children need to develop life skills at an early age since it is a life-long process. Basic, or survival life skills for young children may include: toileting, brushing teeth, dressing, feeding, washing hands, tying shoe laces, imagination, exploration, observation and following simple instructions.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Defense Mechanisms: Psychology Notes
Introduction According to Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms are psychological strategies that are brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image. They are more accurately referred to as ego defence mechanisms and are categorized as occurring when:· The id impulses are in conflict With each other· The id impulses conflict with super-ego values and belief· An external threat is posed to the ego.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Stages in the Counseling Process
Introduction The first encounter with a client before any counselling session starts is of great importance. The first meeting sets the style and tone for the kind of interaction which will follow between the counsellor and the client. The counsellor should first and foremost establish a rapport with the client. Thereafter, the sessions will have to be conducted in line with the following stages:Building a relationshipResponding or defining a problemPersonalizingEstablishing goals
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Transfer of Learning
Definition of Transfer of LearningTransfer of learning refers to the influence which learning one task may have upon the subsequent learning or performance of another task. Transfer of learning means that performance on one task is affected by performance on another task. Performance might be positively affected or it might be negatively affected.
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Learning and Performance
We cannot measure learning per se (by itself). What we measure is performance. There are various factors which may bring a situation where pupils do not reflect what they learnt that is, there are factors associated with poor performance even when pupils had learnt the material.
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Family Rituals
Family rituals may be defined as behaviours or activities involving most or all members of the family which occur episodically, have a symbolic meaning for family members and are valued by the participants. Such behaviours are like family routines, family celebrations and traditions. Family rituals have multiple functions in the family one of which is promoting family health and well-being. They also conserve the concept of the family as well as store and convey family identity from generation t
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Society and Early Childhood Education
Children grow, develop and learn within a social framework set up by the society. A good society facilitates the growth and development of children.
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PreK - 4th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Attitudes: Formation of Formation
Social psychologists have considered attitudes to be a central concept. Attitudes have been proposed to have three components that is, affect, behavioural tendencies and cognition (the ABC component model of attitudes).
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Psychology: MEMORY AND LEARNING
Memory is very important in our lives because without it we will not be able to get to places, make progress in school work, remember our names and so on. Without memory you will not be able to pass the examination after reading this module. By the time you work through this module you will notice that there are three types of memory that operate in different stages/levels and discover why we remember some things and why we forget others.
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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