definitions

Question 1

schemata

Answer 1

a term used to describe a cognitive or mental plan that is a guide for related actions and perceptions

Question 2

assimilation

Answer 2

the process where new experiences are combined with existing schemas

Question 3

accomodation

Answer 3

term for when new situations, objects or information are enchanted and the persons schema is either modified or a new schema is created

Question 4

symbolic thinking

Answer 4

a type of thinking in which symbols or internal images are used to represent objects, persons, and events that are not present

Question 5

animism

Answer 5

term for the pre operational stage where children will believe that inanimate objects are alive

Question 6

egocentrism

Answer 6

a term for when a person does not make distinctions between their own thoughts, feelings and perceptions and those of others

Question 7

conservation

Answer 7

children lack conservation, that is an inability to understand that objects stay the same despite changes in their appearance

Question 8

sensori motor age and explanation

Answer 8

birth- 2,

infants learn about their world through their senses an by actions

Question 9

preoperational age and explanation

Answer 9

2-7,

children continue to develop and they use symbols, images and languages to represent their world

Question 10

concrete operational age and explanation

Answer 10

7-12,

children can perform basic mental problems that involve physical objects

Question 11

formal operational age and explanation

Answer 11

children are able to think logically and methodically about physical and abstract problems