Psyc1001 quiz 3
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The University of Sydney**We aren't endorsed by this school
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PSYCHOLOGY 1001
Subject
Psychology
Date
Dec 16, 2024
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- The treatment made no difference in IQ at 36 months when parents were college graduates - The treatment was most beneficial for IQ at 36 months when parents never finished high school Guided play — activities involving some objectives and some structured assistance Play — unrestricted opportunities to experiment and discover Structured lessons — fully structured experiences with clear objectives and outcomes Kids from high risk and lower SES (socio-economic status) backgrounds benefit most from which kind of learning before school? - Structured lessons designed to catch them up to others before they start school What is hot housing? - Aform of accelerated learning where children are taught intensively in a highly structured manner - While effective for information acquisition and test performance, the practice has been criticised for the stress it places on children, and the lack of intrinsic motivation instilled. If a child asks Carol Dweck: “Am | smart?”, what might she say? - You become “smart” by sticking with things and persevering in the face of obstacles Why is praising effort not always a good idea? - Misguided, thoughtless effort alone can be ineffective and unworthy of praise - This is why some guidance is necessary for most education. If a child puts effort into their essay by rewriting it a thousand times, but never put effort into reading anything else, then the effort is misguided. Carol Dweck says we should praise a child’s ‘process’. What does she mean by ‘process’ ? - How the child approached the task: their strategy, focus and resilience - If a child is cunning, inventive and lazy, so seeks out the strategy that gets them the best outcome with minimal effort, but then also doesn’t give up when it all fails, they have a good process.
