Cognitive Development Theory Flashcards
Who founded the Cognitive Development Theory
Jean Piaget
Birthday of Jean Piaget
August 9, 1896
Birth Place of Jean Piaget
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Date of death of Jean Piaget
September 16, 1980
Wife of Jean Piaget
Valentine Chatenay
How knowledge is developed/ originated
Genetic Epistemology
Something to do with the development of knowledge, intellectual skills, reasoning abilities, critical thinking skills
Cognitive Development
First Stage of Cognitive Development where infants learn by using their senses and motor activity by way of its refelxes
Sensorimotor
Age Bracket of Sensorimotor
0 - 12 months
Characteristics of Stage 1
PROF
1. Palmar Grasp
2. Reflexive/ Putting Objects into mouth
3. Object Permanence
4. Following Colorful Objects
Belief of an infant that an object still exists even when it is not perceived by the senses
Object Permanence
He believes that all that is born doesn’t have knowledge at all
John Locke
Term that John Locke used where the person is born that doesn’t have knowledge at all
Tabula Rasa
Age Bracket for Stage 2: Pre-operational
2 - 6 years old (Toddler-Preschool)
Second Stage of Cognitive Development
Pre-operational
Characteristics of Pre-operational
CITIESA
1. Centration
2. Intuitive/Inquisitive
3. Transductive Reasoning
4. Irreversibility
5. Egocentrism
6. Symbol Thinking
7. Animism
It doesn’t mean selfishness, it means self-centeredness
Egocentrism
The belief of the child that everything has life
Animism
Focuses on one aspect of situation only
Centration
Doesn’t understand that things could be reversed
Irreversibility
Neither inductive nor deductive
Transductive Reasoning
Also known as semiotic thought
Symbolic Thinking
Third Stage of Cognitive Development
Concrete Operational
Age bracket for Stage 3: Concrete Operational
7-11 years old (Elementary)
Characteristics of Concrete Operational
DRSCC
1. Decentration
2. Reversibility
3. Seriation/Order
4. Classification
5. Conservation
Able to understand different features of situation/thing/object
Decentration
Understands that things can be reversed
Reversibility
Ability of the child to classify objects according to color, size, shape, texture
Classification
Ability of the child to arrange objects from smallest to largest and vice versa
Seriation/Order
Normal IQ
100-110
Fast learner IQ
111-129
Gifted IQ
130
things stay the same regardless of the container that they are placed into
Conservation
Fourth Stage of Cognitive Development
Formal Operational
Age Bracket for Formal Operational
12 years old and above
Characteristics of Formal Operational
DAHIL
1. Deductive Reasoning
2. Abstract Reasoning
3. Hypothetical Reasoning
4. Inductive Reasoning
5. Logical Reasoning
Arrange in proper sequence
Logical Reasoning
Basic to complex
Inductive Reasoning
Complex to simple
Deductive Reasoning
Identify patterns
Abstract Reasoning
Four Components of Cognitive Development
SAAE
1. Schema
2. Assimilation
3. Accommodation
4. Equilibrium
Basic knowledge, prior knowledge
Schema
Creating new schema
Accommodation
Fitting of new experiences into existing schema
Assimilation
Ability to balance old and new information
Equilibrium
