Erin Rodriguez's EPSY 3010 Blog

1. Vygotsky  argued that learning has direct affects upon development, as well as language. Scaffolding and assistance from peers can increase learning from already attained knowledge to task that previously require assistance through the Zone of Proximal development.  2 This visual was a nice way me to visual several of the concepts presented including that scaffolding is really a way for a teacher to simply give a helping, lending hand to students to help them obtain the knowledge that they need. Peer groups can also be extremely instrumental in learning as well. The learning that I pictured throughout the processed look like below.   3. I believe that Vygotsky offers many great revelations to how learning occurs. With help, an individual 4. I think that this theory is a great theory however I do not feel that this is personally very relevant. As a child, I was expected to learn on my own, in a non group setting, reading and acquiring knowledge from a book. Th...

1.  Piaget uses stages of learning to describe how new knowledge is assimilated and accommodated. This occurs through several stages of learning ranging from infant through adulthood in which constructivism is used, that the learner takes an active role in the process of acquiring knowledge. 2. With Piaget, learning is done in context of each individual having a unique set of schema in which knowledge is assimilated. If there is no current schema that matches, the knowledge is accommodated by creating a new schema.  Each individual goes through a set of learning stages from Sensory motor, to Pre operations, to concrete operations, to finally formal operations. This type of learning was novel as this was one of the first times that the learner would play an active role in their own education/learning. 3. The big things that I learned during this module, was how fluid knowledge/learning can be. The use of social interaction and the student playing such a large and active ...

1. Social Cognitive theory explains the interactions we as humans have in a social setting which help us to learn and adapt. Motivational theory and self efficacy were also examine to see if they had any affect on learning ability in individuals as well. 2. Learning from the social cognitive perspective is demonstrated quite well by the phrase, 'Monkey See, Monkey Do" just as in the BoBo doll experiment. Learning is accomplished through social interactions, the environment surrounding the individual, and personal differences.  All memes were found on wordpress.com. 3. I really enjoy this section of class, as one of my favorite concepts from my psychology courses is Maslow and his heiracrchy of self fulfillment, as this section of self efficacy and motivations directly ties into that idea, that one must be fulfilled in one area of the pyramid to move to the next. Someone who is high in self efficacy will fulfill more areas as they may see themselves as more able to a...

1. Leave a  30-word  micro session summary. Classical and Operant conditioning are the two leading behaviorist theories describing how individuals learn. Watson and Skinner described two different prominent theories of learning, based upon reward/conditioned systems. 2. What is 'learning' from the behaviorist perspective? Learning is defined as a set of concrete actions that will be observed after a stimulus is presented. Learning can occur in under almost any circumstance and the process occurs by stimulus, action, reward and/or punishment. Each person is always learning as this circumstance is always occurring whether in a traditional classroom or in daily life or in a social setting or in a novel situation.  3. What are the big things that  you learned about behaviorism? I actually enjoyed this first week as a psychology major it was more of a review however it was nice to also apply this to human learning instead of only animals. Although I wa...

1. Micro Session Summary Teaching can be most effective by using several schools of thought in Psychology, this includes Behaviorism using classical or operant conditioning. The concepts of positive and negative reinforcement, extinction, positive and negative punishment, shaping, cueing, and modeling are all tools in the toolbox of teaching which can be effective.  2. The Biggest Thing I have learned: After working in behavior department at an animal shelter for the last 3 years, the biggest thing I have learned is how many of those principles can be directly applied to those in teaching people.  A prime example: Positive reinforcement of a dog using clicker training: These are some of the same tricks used in learning with humans as well, and just as effective!!! 3.  Do you have any questions or concerns about course learning? Not so far! I am really enjoying this!  Modules Topics  & Activity Check  ✓  if Comp...