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development occurs…
Development occurs within a range that can differ from child to child. Not due to age-specific events.
Example of biological development
CNS
Define environmental factors of development + example
Environmental factors: Balance between parent expectations and developmental limits.
Eg: 2yrs cannot read but language development improves if read to
Define schema
Units of knowledge. Increase in number and complexity as the child constructs an understanding of the world.
Innate schemas examples (3)
Eg: sucking, grasping, rooting.
Adaptation is (1) involves (2)
Intellectual growth occurs by adaptation.
Assimilation: Add information to existing schema
Accommodation: Existing schema is changed to allow new information.
Define Assimilation
Assimilation: Add information to existing schema
Define Accommodation
Accommodation: Existing schema is changed to allow new information.
The force that advances development (1)
Equilibrium: Mental balance. The force that advances development
Define Disequilibrium
- Disequilibrium: Mental unbalance. The force that allows schema to change to return to equilibrium
Name of Piaget’s theory
theory of cognitive development
Principles of Theory of cognitive development (4)
Same order for every child.
No stage can be missed.
Biological maturation and environmental factors affect the stages
Some never achieve later stages
Stages of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (4) and ages
0-2 Sensorimotor stage
2-7 Preoperational stage
7-11 Concrete operations stage
12+ Formal operations stage
Sensorimotor stage
Age
Headlines (2)
Sensorimotor Stage: 0-2
Immediate environment.
- Sensory input - Motor capabilities
Object constancy and object permeance (Eg: mother).
Preoperational Stage
Age
Headlines (4)
Preoperational Stage: 2-7
Manipulate images and symbols
Symbolism in pretend play
Egocentric view of world
No logical organization of thoughts. Eg: Unable to apply principles of conversation.