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27 Cards in this Set
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Accommodation
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Learning by changing existing knowledge sturctures
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Assimilation
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Learning by adding new knowledge to existing knowledge
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Cognitive Domain
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Memory, reasoning, and thinking abilities
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Scaffolding
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Support for learning and problem solving that is withdrawn as competence improves
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Zone of Proximal Development
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Difference between what a student can do alone and with help from a peer or adult
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Egocentrism
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the inability to distinguish between one's own and someone else's perspective
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centration
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the focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others
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concrete operational stage
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3rd Piaget stage where children can perform operations, and logical reasoning replaces intuitive reasoning as long as the reasoning can be applied to specific, concrete examples
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formal operational stage
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4th Piaget stage where individuals move beyond concrete experiences and think in more abstract and logical
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preoperational stage
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2nd Piaget stage where children begin to represent the world with words, images, and drawings
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sensorimotor
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1st Piaget stage where infants construct an understanding of the world by coordinating sensory experiences with motoricactions
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social development theory
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an attempt to explain qualitative changes in the structure and framework of society
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acculturation
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blending a native culture with a new culture, keeping elements of both
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affective domain
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feelings, emotions, values and attitudes
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ethnocentrism
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believing one's culture is better than other's cultures
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field-dependent
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perceiving as a whole and prefering to learn with others
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field-independent
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perceiving in parts and prefering to learn alone
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KWL
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what I know, what I want to know, and what I learned
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melting pot theory
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the theory that cultures should blend into the main culture, losing unique characteristics
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metacognition
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ability to monitor and think about one's own thinking, learning, and remembering
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psychomotor domain
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physical activities or skills
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salad bowl theory
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the theory that cultures mix but retain uniqueness
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schema
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mental structures for organizing concepts and relationships
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self-actualization
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reaching one's fullest potential
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self-concept
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one's perception of self, neither good nor bad
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self-efficacy
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self-confidence that one can succeed
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self-esteem
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feelings about oneself (can be good or bad)
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