Ch. 4 - Developmental Psychology (PART 2)

Question 1

What are the stages in Piaget’s Stage Theory?

Answer 1

Sensorimotor Stage
Preoperational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
Formal Operational Stage

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

New experiences incorporated into existing schemas.

Question 3

Accomodation

Answer 3

New experiences cause existing existing schemas to change

Question 4

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 4

Occurs from birth to 2 years of age. Infants understand the world through sensory experiences & physical interactions with objects. Infants begin to acquire language and the understanding of object permanence

Question 5

Object Permanence

Answer 5

Idea that objects continue to exist even when they can no longer be seen

Question 6

Preoperational Stage

Answer 6

Occurs from ages 2-7. Children are able to understand the past and the future. The world becomes represented symbolically through words and mental images (enables pretend play). Children are still egocentric

Question 7

Egocentrism

Answer 7

Difficulty in taking someone else’s perspective

Question 8

Conservation

Answer 8

An object’s mass, quantity, and volume does not change just because its appearance changes

Question 9

Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 9

Occurs from ages 7-12. Children can easily perform basic mental operations involving tangible problems and situations about the real world. However, children still have trouble with abstract reasoning

Question 10

Formal Operational Stage

Answer 10

Starts around age 11 or 12. People are able to think logically about concrete & abstract problems. Can form & test hypotheses.

Question 11

Theory of Mind

Answer 11

A person’s beliefs about the mind and the ability to understand other people’s mental states