Exam 2 Flashcards

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assimilation vs accommodation (ex: dogs)

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-the way we think about a new experience- try to assimilate our experience into what we already know.
-accommodation- modify your schema to make the new experience fit
(usually in balance/equilibrium)

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Principles of Piaget’s Theory

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  • child is a scientist
  • children are naturally curious and create schemas
  • believed all children pass through stages in the same order
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Stage Theory (Piaget)

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Cognitive development is how you process experiences. Combination of nature and nurture. Cognitive happens first, then learning is passive.
-Children need to rethink their world 3 times in their life, going from one stage to the next.

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Organization and Scheme

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Invariant function (doesn't change)
-scheme- when children form theories. They organize both ideas and actions.
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Adaptation (ex: seeing a cat after only knowing dogs)

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what happens when the new experience does not “fit” the existing scheme.

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Equilibration/Disequilibrium

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drive to get back into balance/thrown off balance so they must recognize their schemes to get back into balance.

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Sensorimotor

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  • birth to 2 years
  • infants learn about the world through their senses
  • use symbols (numbers, letters, shapes)
  • Object permanence
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Object Permanence

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Before- “out of sight out of mind”

  • understanding objects exist independently.
  • initial recognition: 8-9 months
  • full recognition: 18 months+
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Preoperational

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2-7 years

  • use symbols with errors (act before they think)
  • egocentrism- your favorite color is pink because my favorite color is pink
  • animism- the sun is sad because the clouds are out
  • centration- can not pick out both small and blue rectangles, only either or.
  • confuse appearance with reality- boogyman
  • magical thought- cardboard box can be anything
  • irreversibility- unable to reverse operations
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Animism

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giving life-like qualities to inanimate objects (sun)

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egoccentrism

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children see the world only from their perspective and so does everyone else (pink)

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Centration

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unable to work out two parts of a problem, only one (rectangles)

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Magical Thought

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creative thinking (the box)

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Irreversibility

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UNABLE to reverse operations (can add, but cannot subtract to find answer)

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Concrete Operational

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7-11 years

  • form more complex schemas using logical thinking and inductive reasoning
  • operations CAN be reversed
  • focus on real and concrete, NOT abstract
  • inductive reasoning (drawing general conclusions from experience/knowledge)
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Formal Operational

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11 years-adulthood

  • can think hypothetically
  • can use deductive reasoning to draw conclusions from fact
  • hierarchical classification- biggest to smallest vise-versa
  • Interpersonal vs Intrapersonal
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Hierarchical Classification

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ability to put things in order

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Interpersonal vs Intrapersonal

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learning starts from the inside, out. Kids learn then show they know it.

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Strengths and Weaknesses of Stage Theory

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Strengths
-children are actively constructing a body of knowledge
-fascinating, often counterintuitive, discoveries
Weaknesses
-underestimates cognitive competence in infants and overestimates in adolescence.
-does not account for variability
-vague with the respect to processes
-undervalues influence of sociocultural forces

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Sociocultural Perspective (Vygotsky)

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  • children are products of their culture
  • intersubjectivity
  • guided participation
  • zone of proximal development
  • scaffolding
  • fading
  • egocentric speech
  • private speech
  • inner speech
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Intersubjectivity

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“2 heads are better than 1”

paired/group learning. Kids don’t learn independently, someone must know more than them to learn.

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Guided Participation

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cognitive growth results from children’s involvement in structured activities with others who are more skilled than them.

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Zone of Proximal Development

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difference between what one can do alone or with assistance

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Scaffolding

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cognitive. A teaching style that matches assistance to learner’s needs. (Pairing someone of a lower level with someone of a higher level)

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Fading
once a child can work independently, back off. Can do more scaffolding if needed.
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Egocentric Speech
talking to oneself
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Private Speech
comments intended to regulate own behavior
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Inner Speech
thought
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Example of Piaget vs Vygotsky- 4th graders and spacial mass using puzzles
P- separate children by skill. Give them puzzles that match their skill. Show them what the final puzzle should look like and say "OK now do it" V- pair children who have lower skill level with those of a higher skill level. Walk around room. Maybe help out those who are struggling, then once working independently, back off.