Cognitive Development

Question 1

Cognitive development

Answer 1

Thr emergence of the ability to think and understand.

Question 2

Piaget theory (SPCF)

Answer 2

Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage

Question 3

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 3

0-2 years old
Experience world through movement and senses
Infant construct schemas which are theories about or models of the way the world works. Learn and revise through assimilation and accommodation
Begin to understand object permanence

Question 4

Preoperational stage

Answer 4

2-6 years old
Acquire motor skills
Learn about concrete objects
Egocentric thinking

Question 5

Concrete operational stage

Answer 5

6-11 years old middle childhood
Learn how actions can influence objects
Understand conservation of physical properties
Develop mental representation of objects and a theory of mind

Question 6

Concrete operational stage

Answer 6

6-11 years old middle childhood
Learn how actions can influence objects
Understand conservation of physical properties
Develop mental representation of objects and a theory of mind

Question 7

Formal operational stage

Answer 7

Late childhood 11 + childhood through adulthood
Learn and reason about abstract concepts

Question 8

Theory of mind

Answer 8

The idea that human behaviour is guided by mental representation