Exam 3 -- Chapter 9 -- Human development

Question 1

Piaget’s model of childhood cognitive development:

list the stages from beginning to adolescence

Answer 1

(1) sensorimotor

(2) preoperational

(3) concrete

(4) formal

Question 2

describe sensorimotor stage in Piaget’s model

Answer 2

babies learn senses and motor skills

birth –> 2 yrs

no object permanence

end goals is mental representation

Question 3

preoperational stage in Piaget’s model

Answer 3

has mental representation –> can manipulate info w/ mind but w/ limitations

2-6 y

centration –> 1D thinking

can’t to conservation tasks

egocentrism –> only see things from their perspective (3 mountain problem)

Question 4

concrete stage in Piaget’s model

Answer 4

logical but not abstract thought

7-12 yr

can think in multiple dimensions

not able to fully comprehend non-concrete concepts

Question 5

formal stage in Piaget’s model

Answer 5

can think abstractly

hypothetical-deductive reasoning

synaptic pruning