2nd Exam Flashcards
Cognitive development
–Constructivism: Piaget
Cognition
knowledge and the process of acquiring knowledge; not the same as learning
<p>–Cognition includes:</p>
<p>––attention –perception –learning ––thinking –memory</p>
<p>Piaget</p>
<p>–pioneer in cognitive development
–interested in how children gain knowledge
–in opposition to core
–knowledge theory"</p>
<p>a constructivist approach</p>
<p>–children are seen as:
–– active
–– learning important lessons on their own
–– children are intrinsically motivated to learn</p>
constructivist
depicts children as constructing knowledge for themselves
what is intelligence?
a match b/w thought processes and one’s environment
Schemes/ Schemas
organized pattern of thought, organized way of making sense of experience
Cognitive Equilibrium
a match b/w thought processes and one’s environment
Adaptation
occurs when there’s a mismatch b/w thought processes and one’s environment
Organization
happens when there’s a mismatch between one’s thought processes and one’s environment
<p>Sources of Continuity</p>
<p>Three processes working together to propel development:
–assimilation
–accommodation
–equilbration</p>
assimilation
the process by which ppl translate information into a form the can understand
accommodation
the process by which people adapt current knowledge structure in response to new experiences
Equilibration
the process by which people balance assimilation and accommodation
Developmental Sequence
–development occurs in leaps/ bounds is discontinuous
<p>Piaget Stages</p>
<p>–sensorimotor (0–2): infancy
–preoperational (2–7): toddlers/ early childhood
<br></br>–concrete operational (7–11): middle childhoodish
<br></br>–formal operational (12+)</p>
<p>Sensorimotor (0–2)</p>
<p>intelligence through motor activity
– getting to know the environment
<br></br>–reflexive creatures/ problem solvers
<br></br>–>primary goal: internalizing external behavior schemes
<br></br>––>obj permanence</p>
object permanence
–primary goal/ main defining goal of sensorimotor period; knowing that objects continue to exist even when you cant see them
A not B error
infant can watch and see where toys are hidden
A not B error Explanation Piaget
infant 8–12 mons can’t hold image of object in mind
A not B error Baillergeon’s explanation:
–habituation test with “impossible events”
–children can show surprise to impossible events as early as 3.5 mons but also due to shallow representation (basically due to inability to inhibit)
Preoperational (2–7)
–Intelligence through symbols: the age at which they get symbolic representation (the use of one obj for another) –pretend play
–limitation: thinking done in non logical manner
––>ego centrism: in their mind the world fns only from their POV
–––> theory of mind/ False Belief Task
–>centration
–>conservation
Centration
–the tendency to focus on a single perpetually striking feature of an object or event in order to draw conclusions
Conservation
–the idea that merely changing the appearance of objects doesn’t change its key properties
Concrete–operational (7–11)
–able to use cognitive operations –able to use logic
–but no abstract thought
–no understanding that math actions can be reversed
Formal Operation (12+)
–cognitive development culminates in the ability to think abstractly –individuals can imagine alternative world and reason systematically about all possible outcomes to a scenario
–> only ~35% of hs grads can acquire this
–> you don’t acquire things like alg w/o being taught
–> hypothetical deductive reasoning (systematic/ logical)
–> can generate hyps and systematically test them
Constructivism’s Implication for education
–first to indicate children think in unique way from adults; have unique pattern for acquiring knowledge –childrne must interact with environment to gain knowledg
critique of Piaget’s Theory
–stages not as concrete as described–infants and young children are more cognitively confident than given credit for
–>baillergeon’s findings
–under states the contribution of the social world
–> what about influence of the ppl in power in their lives
–was vague about mechanisms that produce cognitive growth
sociocultural perspective of cog developmetn
focus on the contribution of other people and the surrounding culture to children’s development
guided participation
when more knowledgeable individuals organize activities in ways that allow less knowledgeable people to engage in them at a higher level than they could manage on their own
vygotsky
–theory presents children as social being who intertwine w/ other ppl who are eager to help them gain skills/ understanding–development in continuous –humans unique in that they have natural inclination to teach each other and learn from one another
how do we go from a blob of reflexes to working ppl?
– Piaget: child’s development precedes learning – Vygotsky: learning is a necessary and universal aspect of the process of developing culturally organized, specifically human psychological function” meaning social learning precedes development
How do children become more complex ?
– Need culture to change basic functions (attention, sensation, perception, memory) into higher mental functions; only done through culture –> Done using tools of intellectual adaptation that allow us to use basic mental processes more efficiently
guided participation
~made of scaffolding and stretching –doesn’t vary by culture; only content children learn varies
–the content they learn impacts and changes the way children interact with people
–> comprised of scaffolding and stretching
Miller et al., 1995
how culture affects cognition –ramifications: linguistically impacts math skills
–>difference appears by age 4–5
How do we learn more from knowledgeable others?
–zone of proximal development ––>to find is reasonably intuitive process
~scaffold
~stretch
~these are the two meaningful components of guided participation
scaffolding:
–provide a temporary framework that supports children’s thinking at a higher level than children can manage on own
stretching:
–children can perform one step above their assessed competence when under the guiding hand of the more experienced partner
internalization
component of social process –internalizing voice of more knowledgeable members of society”