Question

Growth and development. define the following terms:

constructivism

amplification

scaffolding

rewards

reinforcement

extrinsic words

Answer 1

Constructivism     
Learners communicate with each other and share their understandings ,feelings knowledge and experience to come up with a new knowledge .
The teacher becomes the facilitator , and the learners are encouraged to interact,exchange views and experience and construct meaning and knowledge that is based , on their needs.

Amplification.  
Amplification is defines as a judged tendency of a person to amplify physical symptoms based on psychological factors such as anxiety or depression.

Scaffolding  
It is special technique , a help from a teacher to a student. The teacher provides the support to students individually to improve ability of the student to build on prior knowledge. It assists students towards new concepts, skills and understandings.

Rewards   
A natural desire stimulus given to a animal or human to modify its behavior ,reward act as reinforcers and it is presented after behavior causes the probability to increase behavior occurrence .

Reinforcement
It is defined as a procee which is  applied and  will strengthen a person  future behavior whenever that behavior is preceded by a specific antecedent stimulus. This strengthening effect may be measured as a higher frequency of behavior, longer duration, greater magnitude, or shorter latency.

Extrinsic words.   
it is defined as motivation coming from external source. Like from rewards, money, praise etc.. . It is usefull for encouragement of basic skill development, reinforcing good habits and encouraging self- efficacy.