John W. Santrock Case Studies in Educational Psychology Chapter 1: • Case 1: Anita Underwood: Anita‚ an experienced and enthusiastic third-grade teacher‚ describes in detail her class plans and activities for the first day of the new school year and shares her sense of excitement and her fears. (Third grade—Topic: Classroom Climate‚ Early Childhood‚ Evaluation‚ Teaching Approach) • Case 2: Christie Raymond: Chrisie is a mature woman in the first month of her first fulltime position teaching music
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Functions of Friendship “Friends are a subset of peers who engage in mutual companionship‚ support‚ and intimacy‚” according to John W. Santrock in the book Adolescence. This implies that there are certain characteristics that are involved. Gottman and Parker organized these characteristics into six main categories‚ which serve as the functions of friendship. They include: Companionship‚ stimulation‚ physical support‚ ego support‚ social comparison‚ and intimacy/affection. Harry Sullivan is
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childhood sets the course for later stages of development. It has been noted that a mother’s actions during pregnancy may influence the development of an infant. The developmental influences include prenatal‚ perinatal and neonatal environments. (Santrock‚ 2002) Although babies come into the world with no say or control over which family they will be placed into‚ or the environment in which they will begin to live in‚ theorists agree that the first two years are crucial‚ with early emotional‚ physical
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determine an individual ’s personality‚ attitudes‚ and behavior. The other side of the debate among experts is that nurture or experiences and environment have the most influence on development. Santrock states‚ "nature refers to an organism ’s biological inheritance‚ nurture to its environmental experiences" (Santrock‚ 2007‚ p. 17). This paper will take the debate a little further by examining whether nature or nurture has more of an influence on children raised
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Psychoanalytic Sigmund Freud developed his psychoanalytic theory while working with patients suffering with mental health illnesses (Santrock‚ 2007‚ p.39). According to Freud the mind can be divided up into two main parts which are the conscious and the unconscious. The conscious mind includes everything that we are aware of and our unconscious mind consists of feelings‚ thoughts‚ urges and memories that are harder to retrieve (IBID). Freud also believed that personalities have three structures
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determinant as people preferred life partners of the same race and culture. However‚ the perception of different races over the other has change significantly as people are interacting with any person regardless of their skin color of cultural belief (Santrock 56). The versatility level of the modern society has been helpful to shape issues such as mixed marriages as people view the practice as a normal action in the society. This has significantly raised the level and ease at which interactions are governed
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psychology (Santrock and Mitterer 11). Through the psychodynamic approach‚ Freud developed his theory of wish fulfillment. Freud believed that the reason why people have dreams is so that their subconscious can express feelings and desires that they may not be aware they have‚ or are not able to act out while awake. In wish fulfillment there is manifest content which is the object that a person dreams of and latent content which is the symbolism behind the object they dream of (Santrock and Mitterer
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Journal. Ashland‚ Ohio. McClish‚ Brittany (2005). My Brock Journal 2. Ashland‚ Ohio. McDonald‚ Erin‚ & Kuther‚ Tara L. (2004). Early Adolescents’ Experiences with and Views of Barbie. Adolescence. 39 (153)‚ 39-51. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Santrock‚ J. W. (2010). Adolescence (13th ed.). New York‚ NY: McGraw Hill. Todd‚ Samuel Y.‚ & Kent‚ Aubrey. Student Athletes’ Perceptions of Self. Adolesence‚ 38(152)‚ 659-667. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
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The Foundations of Psychology General Psychology/PSY300 January 12‚ 2010 Lena Klumper‚ P.h.D The Foundations of Psychology “Psychology is the scientific investigation of mental processes and behavior” (Kowalski & Weston‚ 2009‚ p. 28). Psychologists practice examining biological makeup‚ experience and functioning‚ and cultural and historical moments in a person simultaneously (Kowalski & Weston‚ 2009). The foundations of psychology include five major schools of thought: (1) Structuralism
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Section 1 The Nature of Child Development chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER INTRODUCTION I. Why Study Children? A. Responsibility for children is part of everyday life as parent‚ professional‚ and/or responsible citizen.Responsible citizenship B. The study of children’s development enables us to understand how humans change as they grow up as well as to understand forces that contribute to that change. C. The study of child development enables us to benefit from understanding
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