Child development: Cognition and Intelligence Flashcards
Who researched cognitive development in children?
Jean Piaget
Put Piaget's stages in order: Sensorimeter Formal operational Pre-operational Concrete operational
Sensorimeter
Pre-operational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Piaget’s stages:
When is the sensorimeter stage?
Birth - 2 years
Piaget’s stages:
When is the pre-operational stage?
2-7 years
Piaget’s stages:
What stage is 7-11 years?
Concrete operational
Piaget’s stages:
When is the formal operational stage?
11+ years
When does object permanence and self recognition develop?
8 months
What did the baseline leg kicks experiment investigate?
Developing memory systems
What is assimilation?
Understanding a new object
What are schemas?
Theories about how the physical and social world operate
What is accommodation?
Modifying a schema
What is operation?
Mental consideration of information in a logical manner
Conservation
At what stage does this occur?
Understanding that amount is unrelated to appearance
Concrete operational ~ 8 years
Which of Piaget’s stages does the 3 mountain problem test?
Pre-operational
Is operational thought reversible?
No