4.2Cognitive And Social Development Flashcards
what di paiget do
theory of development
what is a schemata
cognitive structures the represent the world
what is assimilation
fit new info into existing schema
accommodation
change old schema by new experiences
piaget stage of development
senorimotor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational
how did he find this out
manual search test
age and characteristics of senorimotor
1-2y
symbolic thoughts develop
negative of manual search test
really on coordination skills that develop around 9 months
age and characteristics of preoperational
2-7
egocentric
how did he find the preooerational stage out
3 mountains task
3 moutain task
describe what the doll can see
findings from preoperational stage
4-6 found it hard
7 did it
how was the preoperational task modified
use familiar dolls
asking 4-5 year olds
conservation task
2 rows of counters still have the same even in different arragnment
weakness of task
rose and blank asked them twice asking them twice may make them doubt their answer
age and characteristics of concrete operational
7-12
conserve and think logically
weakness
ignores previous experiences
age and characteristics of formal operational
12+
abstract and theoretical reasoning
how did he find the formal operational stage out
logical comparison of dogs bigger than mice
what does vygotsky think
social environment is important for children learning
learning is the basis for cog development
zone of proximal devepment
children are unable to complete task by themselves but can do it with assistant
what is scaffolding
support from a more exeriences adult
blaye 11 year olds
higher success rate when working in pairs
why is parenting scaffolding
2 year old put straw in carton
