Cognitive Development Flashcards
birth-2; child solely interacts with the rest of the world; bundle of reflexes; causality; object permanence; mental representation
sensorimotor stage
knowing something exists even when it is out of sight
object permanence
causality
sequence of events are related; one causes the other
assimilation
applying and existing capability without modification
accommodation
modifying an existing strategy to meet a new demand
process by which people change in order to function more effectively in the environment
adaptation
cognitive structures that can be applied to a variety of situations
schemes/schema
basic reflexes
sensorimotor: substage 1
birth-1 month
children enter world with a set of inherited action patterns
primary circular reactions
sensorimotor: substage 2
1-4months
modify reflexes as a result of their environment
knowledge starting to extend beyond innate behaviors
always organized by an infant’s body
secondary circular reactions
substage 3
4-8months
first aquired adaptations of behaviors that are NOT reflexive
may do something accidentally and then tries to re-create it
oriented around external objects
8-12months
previos flourish of the need now proceeds the act
understanding of cause and effect
coordination of secondary circular reactions
substage 4
tertiary circular reactions
substage 5
12-18months
make necessary in schemas to solve problems
improved locomotion
“little scientist” stage
intentions of new means through mental combinations
substage 6
18-24 months
child can think about something before they actually do it
runs parallel with development of language
child has ability to pretend
de’calge
unpredicted stages
model is a useful approximation
processing and remembering events requires a certain amount of experience and brain maturation
memory
