(1)WK2 Human Development Flashcards
What did Jean Piagets theory focus on
Cognitive development
Which theorist believed that development took place in distinct stages of cognitive development?
Jean Piaget
According to Piaget a person constructs knowledge through an _____ process. Which people _____ select and interpret information in the environment
According to Piaget a person constructs knowledge through an ACTIVE process. Which people ACTIVELY select and interpret information in the environment
According to Piaget , experience is always filters through a persons current way of understanding
True or false
True.
And stages are also age related and have distinct ways of understanding of the world and each stage derives from a previous stage.
Piaget- schemes are like categories; they organise _____ and _____.
Schemes first based on actions, then _____ and conceptions.
Piaget- schemes are like categories; they organise EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE Schemes first based on actions, then FUNCTIONS and conceptions.
In _______, new experiences are readily incorporated into existing schemes.
In ASSIMILATION ,new experiences are readily incorporated into existing schemes.
In accommodation, existing schemes must be modified to incorporate new information
True or false
True
Assimilation and accommodation are usually in what???
Balance
But sometimes schemes are inadequate and are reorganised
What are Piagets four stages of cognitive development
The sensorimotor stage
The preoperational stage
The concrete operational stage
The formal operational stage
A child aged 10 concludes that two objects on a “balanced” balance have the same mass even though one is larger than the other
What stage might this child be in according to Piagets theory
The concrete operational stage
Which Russian psychologist believed development is an extension of language , culture and history
Lev Vygotsky
Vygotskys theory of cognitive development is based on ???
Sociocultural experience
Vygotsky believed that the child has two area of development
What are they
Zone of proximal development and current development
ZONE OF PROXIMMAL DEVELOPMENT (zpd) is
The difference between what a child can do alone and what they can do with assistance from a more knowledgable peer or adult
Vygotsky believed that a child first makes contact with himself on an intrapersonal level (private speech)
True or false
FALSE, GOTCHA
he believed the child first makes contact with the SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ( interpersonal level)
Then makes contact within himself , on an intrapersonal level (private speech )
