Cognitive development Flashcards
Describe Vygotsky’s theory
zone of proximal development: period during which the child is most receptive to learning a skill, but can’t yet do the skill.
Scaffolding: someone sets up a learning environment for the child as if they’ve already learned it
emphases role of social interaction!
Did piaget believe in stage like or continuous view of cog dev?
stage like.
why did piaget believe cognitive changes could occur
due to children wanting to achieve equilibriation: balance between experience of the world and understanding of the world
2 ways through which equilibriation can occur?
assimilation
accomodation
4 stages?
sensorimotor stage 0-2
pre orperational stage 2-7
concrete operational stage 7-12
formal operational stage 12-
describe sensorimotor stage
about the immediate world around them
object permanence
goal directed behaviour
describe pre operational stage
can mentally represent thing
abstract thinking
egocentrism and decentring
describe concrete operation stage
categorisation
conservation
describe formal operational stage
logical/abstract thinking`
4 key points for childhood cognitive developmetn
- object permanence ???
- categorisation
- learning to count
- sense of self
describe oBJECT peRMANCENE by the lady
they could show it at a younger age, except they couldnt lift off the blanket as they couldnt yet plan the movements to do so.
when do infants recognise themselves in the mirror?
1-1.5 years
when do infants recognise themselves in photos?
2 years
describe theory of mind
child’s ability to reason about what others think/feel/want
key feature of congitive dev in adolescence?
still developing as the frontal lobe is stilll developing
