Box 2 Flashcards
Jean Piaget
Developmental psychologist who studied children’s cognition
schemas
a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
assimilation
interpret new experiences in terms of our current understandings
accommodation
adapting current understandings (schema for new information)
sensorimotor stage
Piaget’s theory; Infants know the world mostly in terms of sensory / motor activities
Object permanence, Stranger anxiety
object permeance
the awareness that things continue to exist even not being perceived (seen/heard/felt/smelt, ect.)
sensorimotor stage
stranger anxiety
the fear of strangers. Infants commonly start to display this after they reach 8 months
sensorimotor stage
mental symbols / pretend play
grasping the idea that something can show as a symbol for a larger concept
preoperational stage
Piaget’s theory; child learns to use a language but can’t use mental operations
Egocentrism, Animism, Centration
Conservation
Understand an amount by looking at a variety of factors
concrete operational stage
egocentrism
difficulty perciving things from another point of view
preoperational stage
centration
focusing on one aspect of an item
preoperational stage
animism
inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of actions
preoperational stage
theory of mind
understanding that other people’s mental states differ from ones own
Concrete operational stage
Piagets theory; Logical thinking about concrete objects and events
Conservation, Reversibility
