Key Concepts & Applications
Piaget's Theory
Piaget's Study
Learning Theories
Blackwell's study
100
Teachers can encourage a growth mindset by
Praising effort
100
Babies enjoy "peek-a-boo" because they lack this
Object permanence
100
Piaget's study used this research method
Natural Experiment
100
Dweck theorises that someone with this mindset believes intelligence is innate
Fixed
100
This research method was used in Study 1
Correlational field study
200
This part of the brain is the last to develop
The frontal lobe (or pre-frontal cortex)
200
The concrete operational stage occurs between these ages
7-11
200
This was the DV in Piaget's study
The ability to conserve
200
Willingham said this about leaning styles
They are a myth
200
The study took place in this city
New York City
300
This process involves severing rarely used neural connections
Pruning
300
This is Piaget's first name
Jean
300
The study took place in this country
Switzerland
300
Daily Double: Evaluate Dweck and Willingham in terms of Free will vs Determinism
Willingham: Deterministic
Dweck: Free Will
300
This many participants took part in study 1
373
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Piaget's theory can be applied using these two principles
Active learning and Readiness
400
A child in the formal operational stage may be able to do this in science
Form a hypothesis (make a prediction)
400
Draw an image of the conservation task
400
Willingham states that teachers should...
Make learning meaningful (or focus on students background knowledge/interests)
400
Mindset was measured using this method
Questionnaires
500
This develops 16 days after conception
Neural tube
500
Daily Double: Give an example of linguistic humour
only award points for obvious (or funny) jokes
500
Piaget's study lacked ecological validity because...
the task was artificial
500
Willingham and Dweck's theories are reductionist because they focus on
The role of teachers
500
We know participants had the right to withdraw because...
8 students dropped out of study 2