Cognitive Development Flashcards
How did Jean Piaget believe children to develop?
Via stages of development that progress from the stage of development involving the sensory-motor system to that involving formal operational processes.
To what did Jean Piaget believe equilibration to be equal?
To the combination of the processes of assimilation and accommodation.
How involved did Jean Piaget believe children to be in their developmental processes?
He believed them to play active roles in their developmental processes.
What did Jean Piaget believe to precede knowledge?
Experience
To what does the information processing approach to development refer?
To the idea that the thinking process is the same as information processing (often referred to as the computer metaphor).
Who are two examples of radical nativisits?
- Fodor
- Chomsky
What did Fodor believe about new concepts?
That they cannot be learnt.
What did Fodor believe about learning?
That it recombines pre-existing conceptual tokens.
What was Chomsky’s radical nativist perspective?
That we are all born with an innate ability to acquire language.
What did Elman believe about neural networks?
That they are learning systems.
What belief did Johnson hold about brain development?
That it places constraints on cognitive development.
What was Vygotsky interested in?
The psychology of society.
