INTELLECTUAL

Question 1

What age range is sensorimotor stage and pre-operational stage.

Answer 1

Sensorimotor stage= Birth - 2 years
Pre-operational stage= 2 - 7 years

Question 2

What age range is concrete operational stage and formal operational stage.

Answer 2

Concrete operational stage= 7-11 years
Formal operational stage= 11-18 years

Question 3

Define what Piaget meant by ‘ egocentric thinking’.

Answer 3

When a child cannot see the world from other people’s perspectives.

Question 4

Schema development.
What is equilibrium?

Answer 4

When new information is incorporated into pre- existing schemas.

Question 5

Schema development.
What is disequilibrium?
What is assimilation?

Answer 5

Disequilibrium- when new information cannot be fitted into existing schemas.
Assimilation- when a child’s existing schema can explain the world around them.

Question 6

One way a researcher could conduct a test of conservation.

Answer 6

You can give a child half of a cracker while you have 2 full ones and ask if it’s fair then break the child’s one into 2 so it looks fair.

Question 7

Two criticisms of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development.

Answer 7

• Theory was only ‘tested’ on a small number of children.
• Does not take into account child’s environment and education.

Question 8

Three ways a child can be encouraged to develop language skills.

Answer 8

• Through parents and others talking around them.
• TV= watching shows with the correct pronunciation.
• Reading

Question 9

2 ways adolescents develop intellectually during their life stage.

Answer 9

• Abstract thinking= think about things that aren’t easily seen or touched.
• Questioning= start to question authority + social standards.

Question 10

What is meant by ‘pragmatic thinking’.

Answer 10

Making decisions based on available evidence towards applied outcomes.

Question 11

2 ways in which individuals develop intellectually during later adulthood.

Answer 11

-Working puzzle
- Singing