All Of Unit 1

Question 1

What are 2 biological factors?

Answer 1

Family

Illness

Question 2

What are Piaget’s 4 universal stages of cognitive development?

Answer 2

Sensory motor
Pre- operational
Concrete operational
Formal operation

Question 3

What is Piaget’s model of?

Answer 3

Model of how children’s logic and reasoning develop

Question 4

What does Piaget suggest?

Answer 4

That children use their own experiences to create their own thought and logic

Question 5

What are the ages within the 4 stages of universal stages of development?

Answer 5

Sensorimotor- 2-4 years
Pre-operational- 2-7 years
Concrete operations- 7-11 years
Formal operations- 11-15 years

Question 6

What is assimilation?

Answer 6

When the child constructs their theory/ schema

Question 7

What is equilibrium?

Answer 7

The child’s experience goes with theory

Question 8

What does disequilibrium mean?

Answer 8

When the child doubts their theory

Question 9

What does accommodation mean?

Answer 9

The child is accepting the new information

Question 10

What was Vygotsky’s model of?

Answer 10

A model of cognition and social constructivism

Question 11

What did Vygotsky suggest?

Answer 11

He suggested that children learn by being with and being supported by adults and others

Question 12

What did Vygotsky suggest?

Answer 12

He suggested that children learn by being with and being supported by adults and others

Question 13

What was Vygotsky’s model of?

Answer 13

A model of cognition and social constructivism

Question 14

What did Vygotsky believe? (2)

Answer 14

• that social environments and experiences are very important
• children were born to be sociable and that by being with family and friends they will learn new skills and concepts

Question 15

Zone of proximal development

Answer 15

Gap between what a child is currently able to do and what the child could achieve if an adult provides some support

Question 16

What does differentiation mean for Vygotsky?

Answer 16

Planning activity for a group of children where they are learning at different rates

Question 17

Summarise Vygotsky

Answer 17

• children learn & develop with the help of their friends and the adults around them
• children will learn & gain knowledge through being with others.
• zone of proximal development

Question 18

What was skinners theory?

Answer 18

Operant conditioning theory

Question 19

What did skinner believe?

Answer 19

All learning can be shaped by the environment and that learning can occur through behaviours being rewarded or punished

Question 20

What is association made through?

Answer 20

Behaviour and consequence

Question 21

What is the name of Bronfenbrenners theory?

Answer 21

Bio- ecological systems theory

Question 22

What are the 5 systems in Bronfenbrenners theory?

Answer 22

Microsystem
Mesosystem
Ecosystem
Macrosystem
Chronosystem

Question 23

What is the microsystem in Bronfenbrenners theory?

Answer 23

Experiences and interactions in the child’s immediate surroundings:
Home
Nursery/ School
People who are immediately influential (parent or key person)

Question 24

What is the mesosystem in Bronfenbrenners theory?

Answer 24

How the areas of the microsystem effect the child’s growth and development. If the parents are divorced how does it affect the child?

Question 25

What does the ecosystem in Bronfenbrenners theory mean?

Answer 25

Doesn’t directly effect the child but does have an impact. For example the where the parents work, if one of the parents work away, if they haven’t got a job. Could effect quality of child’s life.

Question 26

What does the macrosystem in Bronfenbrenners theory mean?

Answer 26

This includes wider society. Economy and religious values. For example free childcare being introduced.

Question 27

What does the chronosystem in Bronfenbrenners theory mean?

Answer 27

Timing of events. For example the age of the child’s parents splitting up and how they cope with it. Or if there is a war and the child ends up as a refugee.

Question 28

Describe Bronfenbrenners theory

Answer 28

The theory helps to explain how interconnected systems within the environment may impact on a child’s learning and development.