Chapter 12

Question 1

According to Piaget what age are children in concrete operational thought?

Answer 1

Ages 7-11

Question 2

What is concrete operational thought?

Answer 2

Unlike preschoolers, school age children reason logically about direct experiences and perceptions

Question 3

For school age (7-11) what does Paiget say affects cognition?

Answer 3

Piaget looks at the individual contexts that affects cognition

Question 4

for school age children what does Vygotsky say affect cognition?

Answer 4

Vygotsky looks at the social contexts that affects cognition.

Question 5

What are some changes that school age kids have compared to younger childern

Answer 5

-access to stratagies -selective attention -automated responses-meta cognition thinking about ones own thinking

Question 6

When is it a most effective approach to teach a second language?

Answer 6

mild childhood (7-11) 7 is the best