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