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Cognition & intelligence- Child development Flashcards

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What is cognition?

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Mental process by which knowledge is acquired, elaborated, stored, retrieved & used

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What are the stages of Jean Piaget theory?

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  1. Sensorimotor
  2. Pre- operational
  3. Concrete operational
  4. Formal Operational
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Describe sensorimotor

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> Birth - 2 years
>6 Sub stages
>Recognition of self agent of action
>Object permanence
>Developing memory systems; self recognition 
>Thinking only by doing
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Describe Base line kick experiment

Sensorimotor stage

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>Tests developing memory
>Attach string
>2-3 month old double kicks
>Mobile jingles more
>Test later> no string
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With the base kick experiment how long did each age range’s memory last?

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> 2 months = 1 day
3 months = 1 week
6 month = 2 + weeks

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8 months abilities

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>Obey simple requests
>Pint & follow points
>Demonstrate affection
>Cup to dolls mouth
>Shake head >No/ yes 
>SELF RECOGNITION
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What does Schemas mean?

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Theories on how physical & social world operates

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What does assimilation mean?

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Understanding new object

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What does accommodation mean

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Modifying schema

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What does centration mean?

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Thinking about one idea at a time to the exclusion of others

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When does centration occur

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Preoperational stage

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What is egocentrism

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Self-centred world view

Difficulty taking other peson’s perspective

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When does Preoperational stage occur?

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2-7 years

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Describe 3 mountain problem

Preoperational stage

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Able to describe mountain from their view

Cannot describe mountain from dolls view

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Constraints of mountain view (PS)

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Not put in experienced/ relatable situation

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What is the alternative to the mountain problem?

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Hide doll from policemen

Success 90% 3-5.5 years

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What does operation mean? (PS)

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Mental consideration of information in a logical manner

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What does conservation mean? (PS)

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Understanding that amount in unrelated to appearance

19
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describe conservation of volume (PS)

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> Given example of concrete operation
Associated with personal experience
Operational thought is reversible

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What occur sin the later stages of development of the preoperational stage

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Concrete operational

Formal operational

21
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What is concrete operational?

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> Start to think in logical manner

>Thinking in relation to things that are real/ imaginable

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What is formal operational?

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>Basis of adult thinking
>Reasoning in symbolic terms
>Consider alternatives
>Plans ahead
>Systematic testing of hypotheses
23
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What is IQ

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Intelligence quotient

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How do we calculate IQ

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IQ = (Mental age/ chronological age) x 100

25
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What is used now to calculate intelligence?

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Tables of standardised age scores

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What does IQ mean?

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> Assess you to obtain fixed value
Intelligence is caused by genetic inheritance
Social/ racial differences

27
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What does the Wechsler adult intelligence test scale provide?

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>Full scale IQ
>Verbal comprehension index (VCI)
>Perceptual reasoning index (PRI)
>Working memory Index (WMI)
>Processing Speed Index (PSI)
28
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IQ test uses

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> Identifying educational needs
Assessment following neurological trauma, learning disability, cognitive impairment
Predicting school performance/ job success

29
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Limitations of IQ

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> Stable?

>Does not measure underlying competence/ world skills

30
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What are some newer approaches to measuring intelligence?

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> Multiple intelligence

>emotional intelligence

31
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what is cerebral lateralisation?

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> Different regions of the brain control different functions and behaviours
Left and right side of brain
Language abilities

32
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What is left hemisphere dominant for?

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> Complex language functions
Complex logical functions
Mathematical computations

33
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What is right hemisphere dominant for?

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> Simple language functions
Spatial & pattern abilities
Emotional recognition

34
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Remove connection between right and left hemisphere what happens when left retina sees work face?

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> Processed by right hemisphere
Cannot share info to left
Cannot say face
Can draw face

35
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Contra-lateral rule (visual perception)

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> Left visual field processed by right hemisphere

>Right visual field processed by left hemisphere

36
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What is commissurotomy (split brain syndrome)?

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surgical division of the corpus callosum (L & R brain) To reduce severity of epilepsy

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