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Education, Society, & the K-12 Learner

Part II: Educational Psychology

Table of Contents for Part II: Educational Psychology

The Human Brain

  • Nature vs. Nurture
  • Development of the Human Brain
  • Lower-Level Structures of the Brain
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Cerebral Hemispheres and Lobes of the Brain
  • The Limbic System
  • Neuroplasticity

Physical Development

  • Physical Development in Childhood
  • Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development

  • Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development
  • Constructivism and Social Constructivism
  • Constructivism and Social Constructivism in the Classroom
  • Human Language Development

Learning and Motivation

  • Defining Motivation
  • Evolutionary Theory of Motivation
  • Temporal Motivation Theory
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
  • Motivating Students
  • Incentive Theory of Motivation and Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation
  • Achievement and Cognition in Motivation

Social and Moral Development

  • Erickson’s 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
  • Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Development
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