Cognitive Development Key Concepts

Question 1

What is the definition of cognitive development?

Answer 1

How our mental processes develop over our childhood

Question 2

What is the definition of schemas?

Answer 2

Patterns of ‘thought’

Mental blueprints that help us to function effectively

Question 3

what is the definition of assimilation?

Answer 3

Taking on board new information

Question 4

What is the definition of accommodation?

Answer 4

Blending the new information with what is already known

Question 5

What is the definition of universal stages?

Answer 5

All children globally developed through the same stages

Question 6

How old are you when you go through the sensorimotor stage?

Answer 6

0-2 years

Question 7

What is the definition of invariant stages?

Answer 7

Stages follow a fixed order

The order cannot be varied

Question 8

How old are you when you are going through the preoperational stage?

Answer 8

2-7 years

Question 10

How old are you when you are going through the concrete operational stage?

Answer 10

7-11 years

Question 11

How old are you when you are going through the formal operational stage?

Answer 11

11+