Chapter 9 - Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood Flashcards
what stage would Piaget say children in middle childhood are at?
the concrete operational stage
what is the concrete operational stage?
when children construct schemes that allow them to think logically about REAL WORLD
can children in middle childhood now complete conservation/reversibility tasks?
yes!
what is inductive logic?
a type of reasoning in which general principles can be inferred from specific experiences
what is deductive logic?
based on hypothetical premises, requires predicting outcomes based on general principles
what is the horizontal decalage?
the idea that children can grasp different concepts within the concrete operational stage at different points in time
what is class inclusion?
the idea that different categories are separate from one another
what is processing efficiency?
the ability to make use of short term memory capacity
what is automaticity?
the ability to recall information from long term memory without taking up working memory capacity (e.g. walking, writing, reading)
what are executive processes?
information processing skills that allow for devising and performing strategies for remembering and problem-solving
what are memory strategies?
learned methods for remembering information
