Development Flashcards
Biological, Cognitive, Social, Moral
Assimilation vs. Accommodation
Piaget’s Cognitive Theory: try to fit into already-existing category vs. come up w/ new schemas based on new info
Piaget’s Cognitive Theory
kids think differently than adults; brain changes over time
4 Stages of Cognitive Development
(Piaget’s Cognitive Theory)
- sensorimotor stage
- pre-operational stage
- concrete-operational stage
- formal operational stage
Sensorimotor Stage
look at things, put things in mouth, EXPLORE.
- object permanence
- representational thought
Object Permanence
Sensorimotor: out of sight ≠ gone, it’s just hidden from view
Representational Thought
Sensorimotor: can have image in head
Pre-Operational Stage
cannot perform many mental activities; language development, self-recognition (dot on forehead and mirror).
*principle of conservation
Principle of Conservation
Pre-Operational
G G G
WWWW
little kids will think there are more Gs
Concrete Operational Stage
can start to manipulate concrete things in head
Formal Operational Stage
can think hypothetically; neural pruning (unused neurons die)
Neo-Piagetians
5th Stage: Dialectical Thinking (post formal):
thesis + antithesis (new idea) —> synthesis (repeat)
Vygotsky:
kids learn from experiences
- want kids to INTERNALIZE good behaviors
- zone of proximal development
Zone of Proximal Development
potential
Cog. Develop. Adolescence
thinking/problem solving/reasoning improve; metacognition (evaluate own thinking); neural pruning
Cog. Develop. Adulthood
vocab/problem solving improves.
*speed-accuracy trade-off (do things more slowly but more accurately)
Trust vs. Mistrust
1: if needs are met, will develop sense of basic trust