Phases of Learning and Behavior Modification Techniques
Phases of Learning
Cognitive Phase
In the cognitive phase, a greater number of errors is common. There is not much fluidity of movement or accuracy. There is a cognitive abstraction. The teacher is responsible for making the student identify the purpose of the activity and environmental conditions. This phase has a variable duration.
Associative Phase
The associative phase involves greater motor refinement. Fewer errors occur, and frequent errors are eliminated. Greater fluidity and movement coordination
Read MoreFrontotemporal and Lewy Body Dementias: Symptoms and Diagnosis
Frontotemporal Dementia
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (Measure 82) is characterized by an insidious alteration of language due to atrophy in the left perisylvian areas, in the absence of dementia. It involves a progressive loss of language that takes at least two years to develop. After these two years, cognitive symptoms appear. There are two types: fluent and nonfluent. It begins as aphasia and then progresses to dementia.
Manifestations
- Increased phonological errors
- Reduced
Understanding Learning: Types, Factors, and Disorders
Learning is a relatively permanent change in behavior that reflects an acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, and may include research, instruction, observation, or practice. Associate learning with the acquisition of a new behavior, but it also leads to a decrease or loss of behavioral factors.
Factors Influencing Behavior Change
- Fatigue: It produces a change in behavior for a short time. Learning entails a more stable change.
- Maturation: This consists of behaviors which depend on
Understanding Crime: Factors, Trends, and Social Impact
Decrease in Adolescent Population (1990-2020) and Crime Rates
A decrease in the number of adolescents between 1990 and 2020, if not offset by other events, may lead to a reduction in delinquency. Crimes committed by youth are typically less severe than those committed by adults. The earlier adolescents start engaging in criminal activity, the more intense their criminal behavior tends to be as adults. Finally, it appears that age is a factor that can mask other underlying factors.
Female Crime Statistics
- Police
School Bullying and Battered Women’s Syndrome: Understanding Vulnerability and Impact
School Bullying: A Habitat of Vulnerability
School environments can be breeding grounds for harassment. Three types of vulnerability and associated risk factors are evident:
1. Individual Vulnerability
a) Vulnerability to Diversion: Based on personal and sociocultural characteristics that affect the harasser.
b) Vulnerability to Victimization: Relies on individual features of the student as a potential victim.
2. Relational Vulnerability
Intensifies acute situations of asymmetry of strength or power in
Read MorePolitical and Historical Concepts for Elementary Students
Understanding Political Concepts for Elementary Students
Although most human activity is governed by political decisions, knowledge of how more complex and seems to be reached later than other economic or social skills.
The performances of the students are (Connel):
- Up to 6, are dominated by fantasy. Political facts are mixed with non-politicians. They have heard of various political figures, but do not know their role. No laws differ from other rules confined to family or school areas.
- 7-9 shows the