Preschool Philosophies
Learning happens through play.
What is play-based?
When a neutral stimulus is associated with an unconditioned stimulus and creates the same response.
What is classical conditioning?
Piaget's first stage
What is the sensorimoter stage?
Piagets second stage (2-6)
What is preoperational?
What are the 2 ways to take attendance for this class?
Check in before class
or take a picture at placement
There are no true preschools in America that follows this philosophy. They are all ______ inspired.
What is Reggio Emilia?
in operant conditioning, if something makes a behavior less likely it is a _____.
What is a punishment?
What age produces the A not B error?
9-12 months
Grouping simaler objects together
Classification
Going to needed areas or asking staff when uncertain is how you get points for
What is initiative?
This philosophy focuses on fostering independence. The original version focused on the more concrete over imagination.
What is Montessori?
Telling a kid good job in hopes of furthering similar behavior in the future would be an example of this.
What is positive reinforcement?
A kid who watches an adult pore water from one cup to another and does not recognize it is the same amount of water has not yet learned this.
What is conservation?
Reciting numbers from memory without attaching meaning to them in the context of objects in a series.
Rote counting
Behavior is a form of ______.
What is communication?
In operant conditioning, spanking would be an example of this.
What is positive punishment?
Mental picture/ understanding of the world
Schemes.
The three mountain problem showed pictures of the mountains from different perspectives. Kids who can not identify the correct photo have not developed this.
What is theory of theory of mind?
True or false, a crop top is an appropriate shirt for placements.
Falce
Who are the two people who researched classical conditioning?
Who are Pavlov and Watson?
Piaget believed kids learned object permanence at ___. Later research has shown it as early as ____.
What is 9 months and 12 months?
Ability to place objects in a logical order
What is seriation?
If a child is already escalated,
Take action immediately. The child should learn that type of behavior is not tolerated here.
prioritize calming them down or de-escalating them before doing anything else.
Calmly tell them what they are doing wrong
Ignore the behavior. The child needs to learn regulation strategies and stepping in will make it harder for the child to learn how to regulate by themselves.
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