cognitive development Flashcards
what is cognitive development?
changes in abilities such as thinking, reasoning, memory, attention, imagination and language
describe the process of schema formation?
- you receive new information
- you attempt to assimilate it to an existing schema
- if it can assimilate there is no change and there is no equilibrium.
- if cannot assimilate than disequilibrium
- you can either accomodate the new info by changing or creating new schemas.
- there will then be equilibrium again
what is disequilibrium?
if a new experience doest fit to existing knowledge
what is accommodation?
how people adapt current knowledge in response to new experiences
what is assimilation?
how people translate incoming information into a form they can understand.
what is equilibration?
the balance of assimilation and accommodation to create a stable understanding
what are schemas?
cognitive framework that helps people organise and interpret information
what is invariant sequence?
an order that is unchanging and theories the order in which the stages of development occurs
these stages children must progress through sequentially
what age does the sensorimotor stage occur?
Birth-2
what are the 4 stages of Piagets theory?
sensorimotor stage
pre operational stage
concrete4 operational stage
formal operation stage
what age does the pre operational stage occur?
2-6
what age does the concrete operational stage occur?
7-11
what age does the formal operational stage occur?
12+
briefly describe the sensorimotor stage?
how many substages are in the sensorimotor stage?
6
