Chapter 6 Flashcards
What are the four universal stages of development according to Jean Piaget?
- Sensorimotor stage
- preoperational stage
- concrete operational stage
- and formal operational stage.
Sensorimotor development?
Building Schemes through senses and motor exploration
What are the basic building blocks of understanding the world called in Piaget’s theory?
Schemes.
Accommodation
modifying schemes to fit new experiences
Birds and Butterflies are different even thought they both fly.
What is object permanence?
The realization that people and objects exist even when they cannot be seen.
Formal operational stage
Hypothetical & Abstract
Thinking about things we don’t know
12+ years
What is centration?
The process of concentrating one part of stimulus while neglecting others
In which stage is Kelly if she can think abstractly and see alternative ways to approach problems?
Formal operational stage.
What does ‘Action = knowledge’ represent in Piaget’s theory?
actively engaging with the world leads to cognitive development.
Assimilation
using exisiting schemes to interpret new experiences
Birds are all things that fly
Post Formal Thought
adult predicaments must sometimes be solved by relativistic thinking (not black and white) rather than just pure logic
What is scaffolding in the context of Vygotsky’s theory?
When a child receives assistance from other people, often more capable adults
What did Vygotsky believe was a product of cognitive development?
Social interaction.
What does Jess’s ability to almost dress himself but still needing help from his mom indicate?
Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development.
when they almost but can’t quite preform a task
What educational approach was especially influenced by Vygotsky’s ideas?
Cooperative Learning.
Preoperational stage
Symbolic thinking grows and development of reasoning
understanding words and images
asking why alot
Concrete Operational stage
Logical thinking:
-limited to reality
Spatial Reasoning- Directions & Maps
Classification- Gma is Mom’s Mom
SocialCultural Theory
by Vygotsky
belief that cognitive development is a result of social interactions
