Exam 2 Vocab

Question 1

birth to 2 years, goal-oriented behavior

Answer 1

sensorimotor stage

Question 2

2 to 7 years old, flawed thinking, egocentric thought

Answer 2

preoperational stage

Question 3

7 to 12 years, accurate and appropriate use of logic, tied to concrete reality

Answer 3

concrete operational stage

Question 4

12 onwards, self-consciousness, idealism

Answer 4

formal operational stage

Question 5

criticisms of piaged

Answer 5

1. understanding of numbers
2. whether act of searching shows object permanence
3. biased sample

Question 6

a process in which more knowledgable individuals organize activities in ways that allow less knowledgable people to learn

Answer 6

guided participation

Question 7

the mutual understanding that people share during communication

Answer 7

intersubjectivity

Question 8

products of human ingenuity that enhance thinking

Answer 8

cultural tools

Question 9

process in which more competent people provide a framework that supports children at a higher level than they can support themselves

Answer 9

scaffolding

Question 10

focusing of mental resources

Answer 10

attention

Question 11

a process in which social partners intentionally focus on a common referment in the external environment

Answer 11

joint attention

Question 12

the retention of information over time

Answer 12

memory

Question 13

proved that infants learn even during periods they will not remember later in life

Answer 13

rovee-collier mobile studies

Question 14

lack of explicit memory from early stages in life due to brain immaturity

Answer 14

infantile amnesia

Question 15

the ability to solve problems and adapt and learn from experiences

Answer 15

intelligence