Development Flashcards
Schema
Mental structures containing knowledge, schemas develop further through accommodation and assimilation
Conservation
The ability to understand that although appearance of material changes the quantity stays the same
Assimilation
Add new information to an existing schema.
Egocentrism
Seeing the world from one’s own point of view and not being able to see it from others
Accommodation
Receiving new information that changes our understanding so a new schema is formed
Cortex
outer layer of brain divided into 4 lobes, thinking and processing happens here
Thalamus
located deep inside brain. Acts as information hub, receives and sends signals around brain
Cerebellum
co-ordinates sensory and motor, one of the last parts of brain to reach maturity.
Brain Stem
connects brain to spinal cord controls autonomic functions eg. Breathing
Piaget Theory
Changes in thinking over time. Children think differently to adults. Different kinds of logical thinking occur at over time.
Sensorimotor stage
0-2 years. learn to co-ordinate
sensory and motor skills. Object permanence develops
Pre-operational stage
2-7 years. Can’t think in a
consistently logical way. Egocentric and lack conservation.
Concrete operational
7-11 years. Most children can
conserve at 7 and show less ego centrism.
Formal operational
11+ years. Children can draw conclusions about abstract concepts and form arguments
Verbaliser (learning styles)
Focus on words.
Processing by hearing or reading
words and talking about it.
