chapter 7 video quiz notes

Question 1

______ and ______ affect our development long before we’re even born

Answer 1

genetics and environment

Question 2

the study of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes throughout our whole lives

Answer 2

developmental psychology

Question 3

biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience

Answer 3

maturation

Question 4

most important developmental psychologist

Answer 4

jean piaget

Question 5

where is piaget from and what did he get a phd in?

Answer 5

switzerland

zoology

Question 6

mental frameworks that help interpret information

Answer 6

schemas

Question 7

harmony, between our thought processes and our environments

Answer 7

cognitive equilibrium

Question 8

interpret new experiences into terms of our existing schemas

Answer 8

assimilation

Question 9

adjust to new expereinces

Answer 9

accommodation

Question 10

piaget devised a _____ stage theory of ______ devolpment

Answer 10

four stage theory of cognitive development

Question 11

stage 1

Answer 11

sensorimotor stage

birth to age 2

Question 12

the awareness that things exist when they are out of sight

Answer 12

object permanence

Question 13

2nd stage

Answer 13

preoperational stage

2-6 or 7

Question 14

preoperational stage deals with the development of what

Answer 14

egocentrism
animism
reversability (doesn’t understand)

Question 15

a child’s tendency to fixate on just one aspect of a problem or object

Answer 15

centration

Question 16

what is part of the first half of stage 2

Answer 16

centration

Question 17

the ability to understand other people’s feelings, thoughts, and perceptions, as well as their own, and also how to predict behavior

Answer 17

theory of mind

Question 18

2nd half of stage two

Answer 18

theory of mind

Question 19

what type of fish is that?

Answer 19

angler fish

Question 20

kids in stage 3 expereince what

Answer 20

decentration

Question 21

abiltiy to see beyond one aspect of a problem

Answer 21

decentration

Question 22

stage 4

Answer 22

formal operational stage

12->

Question 23

why is piaget’s theory criticized

Answer 23

too rigid by age,

over simplifying sthings

Question 24

who is piaget’s contemporary

Answer 24

lev semyonovich vygotsky

Question 25

_____ emphasized how early development occurs through parental instruction and interaction with the social environments

Answer 25

vygotsky

Question 26

_____ emphasized how early development occurs through parental instruction and interaction with the social environments

Answer 26

vygotsky

Question 27

stage 3

Answer 27

concrete operational stage