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Teaching is becoming more scientific and teachers require extensive background in foundation courses in education. The disciplines that make-up the foundations of education course include Psychology of Education‚ Philosophy of Education and Sociology of Education. Psychology of Education or Educational Psychology aims at equipping the teacher with insights regarding student behaviour and learning. Philosophy of Education teaches the student the purposes of education as derived from the philosophy
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changing society and the environment surrounding it require a morally and ethically directed connection in terms of logic and emotion. Understanding how people treat their interactions with each other and the land are necessary when understanding how moral obligations impact our surroundings. Although I’m in agreeance with Leopold‚ there are forever changing flaws in his statements. To fully understand how we as humans should treat the earth that surrounds us‚
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Martin—IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology Se 18 Environmental Psychology Robert Gifford‚ Linda Steg‚ and Joseph P. Reser Environmental psychology is the study of transactions between individuals and their physical settings (Gifford‚ 2007a). In these transactions‚ individuals change their environments‚ and their behavior and experiences are changed by their environments. It includes theory‚ research‚ and practice aimed at making the built environment more humane and improving human relations
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|Wundt |“Father of Psychology”; introspection/ Structuralism | |Wertheimer |Gestalt psychology | |Titchner |Structuralism | |James
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genetics‚ a scientific field that examines the relation between personality and genetics Personality pathology‚ characterized by adaptive inflexibility‚ vicious cycles of maladaptive behavior‚ and emotional instability under stress Personality psychology‚ the theory and study of individual differences‚ traits‚ and types Personality quiz a series of questions (usually multiple-choice‚ rating scale‚ or True/False) intended to describe aspects of an individual’s character‚ thoughts‚ and feelings
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Social Psychology 1 Social Psychology Rebecca Freeman PSY 301 Dr. Katrina Hilton Running Head: Social Psychology 2 There are many important components of social psychology‚ and they all fit together. For psychology students‚ social psychology is probably one of the most important areas in their field of study‚ because it is the study of human thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior as they relate to and are influenced by others (Feenstra‚ 2011). We learn social psychology so that
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Chapter 1 What is social psychology? The scientific study of social influence: how people influence each other’s’ thoughts‚ feelings and actions. What makes it a scientific approach? Why do we want a scientific approach? How is social psychology different than common sense‚ philosophy‚ poetry‚ sociology‚ economics‚ history‚ and personality psychology? One big difference is in the level or unit of analysis. Social psychology focuses on the individual in interaction with others and in the social
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With each major perspective in psychology‚ there are many subfields‚ and no matter which branch you are looking into they all seem to go back and forth with one another. I find it interesting that each time I’m reading I will look up a term then be able to cross-reference it with another and so on and so forth until I have gone in a complete circle of terms. Psychology is its own language and just like every language known to man‚ the terminology can interchange frequently and if you misuse a word
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KOHLBERG’S STAGES OF MORAL DEVELOPMENT Lawrence Kohlberg was a moral philosopher and student of child development. He was director of Harvard’s Center for Moral Education. His special area of interest is the moral development of children - how they develop a sense of right‚ wrong‚ and justice. Kohlberg observed that growing children advance through definite stages of moral development in a manner similar to their progression through Piaget’s well-known stages of cognitive development. His
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