Education - Psychology - Flashcards in University Early Years Care and Education

1. Define the meaning of Vygotsky's ZPD

The child is capable of solving more advanced problems but requires 'scaffolding' to get there
The child is capable of solving more advanced problems and are able to get there themselves with some time
The child is not capable of solving more advanced problems without being shown first
The child is not capable of solving more advanced problems without being told how to do it fully

1 of 20

This happens when we radically change our schemas because we have learnt something new that doesn't fit into any existing schemas.
This is when we learn something new that doesn't fit with anything existing so we ignore the new information
This is when we learn something new that doesn't fit with anything existing so we forgot what we already know
Accommodation is where we learn something new that doesn't fit with existing schemas so we decide whether we want to learn it or not

It ignores external factors, people don't always respond the same way and people can learn without reinforcement
It ignores internal processes, people don't always respond the same way and people can learn without reinforcement
It ignores internal processes, people always respond the same way and people can learn without reinforcement
It ignores internal processes, people don't always respond the same way and people can learn without anything

They thought behaviourism didn't focus enough on humans
Due to the lack of attention by behaviourists into what is going on inside the student's head during learning
They thought behaviourism didn't focus enough on education
They were unhappy that behaviourists didn't have enough focus on the external influences

Children are passive, they passively construct their knowledge, they are active in making sense of information
Children are passive, they passively construct their knowledge, they are inactive in making sense of information
Children are not passive, they actively construct their knowledge, they are active in making sense of information
Children are not passive, they actively construct their knowledge, they need help making sense of information