Ashford-University SOC 312 WEEK 3

Imagine that you are a preschool teacher. Describe a situation in which you would use an extrinsic reward to motivate a preschooler. Discuss how these motivators could result in learned helplessness. Now, give examples and explain how you can lead the same child to achieve intrinsic motivation by becoming his or her own locus of control. Keep in mind that your end goal is for the child to be intrinsically motivated so that he or she has ownership of the behavior. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Respond to at least two of your classmates by Day 7, and share an additional intrinsic motivator to the situation your classmates suggested. Explain why you think your motivator would work as well. The role of the microsystem in shaping children’s effortful control is important and parents play a critical role. What would you recommend to a parent who asks you what he or she can do to promote his or her preschool child’s self-regulation skills? Now turning to the mesosystem, identify examples of influences on the child’s effortful control you can share with the parent.

Provide examples of influences on children’s effortful control that you have observed in your own family and other families who are close to you. Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Respond to at least two of your classmates by Day 7, and share examples of self-regulation skills you have observed in your family or other families who are close to you. Question 1. Question : Raul thinks that everyone must hate broccoli, just like he does. Question 2. Question : A child’s tendency to mentally link particular experiences and events even though there is no logical relationship between them. Question 3. Question : A term coined by Piaget to mean the ability to use mental representations such as words, numbers, or images to attach meaning. Question 4. Question : The freedom to make choices on how to act and think is called executive function. Question 5. Question : Maya’s parents promised to buy her a new bicycle if she helped with the household chores. She has been helping her parents by picking up her toys and putting her clothes in the hamper. Question 6. Question : Children who spend more hours in child care display lower amounts of externalizing behaviors compared to children who do not receive child care. Question 8. Question : Jonah believes that he is incapable of accomplishing tasks and has little or no control over his environment. Question 9. Question : Intrinsic motivation is defined as doing an activity to attain some separate outcome to get a reward or to avoid punishment. Question 10. Question : Preschool children do not appear to be capable of telling prosocial lies.

Your cousin will be moving to your town soon. Write him or her a letter explaining why your town is a great place to live. Explain how disappointments can sometimes have a positive outcome. Think about your favorite year of school. Explain why it was your favorite year. Explain in your opinion what it means to be a good friend. Each child has a unique place in their family. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of the position you hold in your family (youngest child, only child, middle child etc.). In your opinion what is best invention of all time? Explain why it is so awesome. A home in your neighborhood has burned. The family lost everything in the fire, but everyone came out safely. Inform your reader how you plan to help the family recover from the loss. It’s “Career Day” at your school. Choose a job that interests you and write a report about it.

Your school did a special project. Write a letter to a newspaper telling what you did. Write an essay about your favorite tv show and explain why it’s your favorite. The phrase “dress for success” can mean something different to different people. Write an essay explaining what “dress for success” means to you. Explain why honesty is important in a friendship. Compare and contrast your home in the day vs the night. Think not only about how it looks different, but also how it sounds different, as well as how your home serves a difference purpose in the day than it does at night. Compare and contrast your two favorite actors. In a descriptive essay a student describes an object, place, person, experience, emotion, situation, or anything else that can be described in detail. Describe your bedroom. Start with what is immediately to your left when you open the door and describe what you see as you go clockwise around your room. While visiting the zoo you encounter an animal that no one has ever seen before. Imagine you are walking outside. A spring storm is coming.