Human Growth and Development Flashcards
Created universal stages of psychological development with each stage representing a qualitative difference in the way people think
Piaget
Concept that child constructs cognitive development
Constructivism
How a child constructs knowledge about the world
Scheme
patterns of organized thought or behavior
Schema
learn from an existing scheme (using cognitive structure that already exists)
Assimilation
modifying a scheme to incorporate new information (creating a new cognitive structure)
Accommodation
balance of assimilation and accommodation in a new situation
Equilibration
philosophy of the nature of knowledge
Genetic Epistemology
Piaget- 0-2 Years old
Sensorimotor
Piaget- 2-7 years old
Preoperational
Piaget 7-11 years old
Concrete Operational
Piaget 11+ years old
Formal Operational
Piaget’s 4 stages of Cognitive Development
- Sensorimotor
- Preoperational
- Concrete Operational
- Formal Operational
Piaget’s Stage: experiencing the world through senses, language used for demands and cataloguing, object permanence
Sensorimotor
Piaget’s Stage: symbolic thinking, use of syntax and grammar to express concepts, imagination and intuition, conservation, not using abstract thinking yet
Preoperational
Piaget’s Stage: concepts attached to concrete situations, time, space, quantity all understood and can be applied, but not as independent concepts
Concrete Operational
Piaget’s Stage: Theoretical, hypothetical, counterfactual thinking, abstract logic and reasoning, strategy and planning, applying learning from one context to another
Formal Operational
Demonstrated with beakers or water in different shapes
Conservation
Only ___% of adults ever make it to the formal operational stage.
50
THEE name in moral development who studied Piaget, but thought he needed more depth , so created his own Stages of Moral Development
Lawrence Kohlberg
2 terms-doing the right thing due to parents/teachers, etc.
Heteronomous Morality/Moral Realism
Understand rules are made by people and can be adjusted
Autonomous Morality
Kohlberg says Morality is a decision, not a ______.
Trait
Lawrence Kohlberg’s 6 Stages of Moral Development
- Avoiding Punishment
- Aiming at a Reward
- Good Boy and Good Girl Attitude
- Loyalty to Law and Order
- Justice and the Spirit or the Law
- Principled Thought: Universal Principles of Ethics
Kohlberg’s 3 Levels of Morality
- Preconventional
- Conventional
- Postconventional
Created a psychosocial theory of identity development; believed that developmental stages are genetically determined. Said: A person tries to become what a parent or significant other wants, but we should strive to be unique and autonomous
Erik Erikson
The belief that developmental stages are genetically determined
Maturationism
Development proceeds according to predetermined steps or stages
Epigenetic Development:
Erikson’s Stage: 0-18 months
Trust V. Mistrust
Erikson’s Stage: 18 mo.-3 years
Autonomy Vs. Shame and Doubt
Erikson’s Stage: 3-5 years
Initiative Vs. Guilt