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
Does the left hemisphere of the brain control more simple or complex functions compared to the right?
Complex
Which of the following is not one of the 4 domians tested in the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale?
1) verbal comprehension
2) performance organisation
3) manual dexterity
4) working memory
5) processing speed
3) manual dexterity
the following are tested:
1) verbal comprehension
2) performance organisation
4) working memory
5) processing speed
Who discovered emotional intelligence?
Howard Gardner
