29. Cognitive Development Flashcards
concept or framework that organized and interprets info (our ideas of dogs, love, etc)
schemas
interpreting our new experiences w/ new schemas
assimilation
toddlers may call all 4-legged animals dog
assimilation
adapting our current understandings to incorporate new info (redefines schema for dogs as too broad for cats)
accomodation
what are Piaget’s developmental stages?
- sensorimotor stage
- pre-operational stage
- concrete operational stage
- formal operational stage
birth to about 2; infants know the world in mostly terms of sensory impressions and motor activites
sensorimotor stage
live in the moment; out of sight and out of mind
sensorimotor stage
2-6 or 7; child learns to use language but doesn’t comprehend the mental operations of concrete knowledge
pre-operational stage
thinks taller glass is more despite being shown it’s the same amount
pre-operational stage
preschoolers are egoistic and will say Jim is bro but Jim has no bro
pre-operational stage
6/7-11; children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
concrete operational stage
can mentally pour milk back to see equal volume
concrete operational stage
about age 12; people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
formal operational stage
can ponder hypothetical positions and predict consequence
formal operational stage
developed by preschoolers, people’s ideas about their feelings, perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict
theory of mind