Cognitive Development Across the Lifespan

Question 1

Jean Piaget

Answer 1

created 4 stages of cognitive development in people

Question 2

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 2

(birth to nearly two years) experiencing the world through senses and actions

Question 3

Object Permanence

Answer 3

when an object is out of sight it is out of mind; at 13-15 months kids will know object still exists

Question 4

Preoperational Stage

Answer 4

(about 2 to about 6 or 7 years) representing things with words and actions; using intuitive rather than logical reasoning

Question 5

Conservation

Answer 5

learn to know that the quantity is the same despite the container, shape, or apparent size

Question 6

Reversibility

Answer 6

learn things can be reversed back to same shape

Question 7

Animism

Answer 7

where inanimate objects have feelings, thoughts, and emotions

Question 8

Egocentrism

Answer 8

self-centered

Question 9

Theory of Mind

Answer 9

become less self centered and find out other people have different opinions and feelings

Question 10

Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 10

(about 7-11 years) start of thought process; grasping concrete analogies and preforming arithmetical operations