Intellectual Development In Children

Question 1

Piagets theory

Answer 1

Child’s mind is a miniature version of adults

Question 2

Piagets stage model

Answer 2

Sensorimotor
Pre- operations
Concrete operations
Formal operations

Question 3

Sensorimotor

Answer 3

0-2 years

Infants think by doing and they don’t think symbolically

Question 4

Pre operations

Answer 4

2-7 years
Symbols are used
Thinking is not logical
Children are egocentric

Question 5

Concrete operations

Answer 5

7-12 years
Thinking become logical but is not yet abstract
Perspectives of other can be understood

Question 6

Formal operations

Answer 6

12+ years
Abstract thinking develops
Thinking becomes multidimensional

Question 7

Object permanence

Answer 7

The object is there physically but once left it no longer exists in the child’s mind

Question 8

Vygotskys theory

Answer 8

That social interaction is important for cognitive development

Question 9

Zone of proximal development

Answer 9

Development depends on independence and help given – this is carefully balanced

Question 10

What is scaffolding

Answer 10

Building on existing skills, helping kids get there by breaking it down

Question 11

Children matched with peer verse Adult experiment

Answer 11

The child matched with the peer had good problem-solving, but not much planning and success was low.
The child matched with the adult completed the task quicker and it was more planned

Question 12

What is metacognition

Answer 12

Thinking about thinking

Question 13

At what age are kids aware of mental processes

Answer 13

Approximately four years old

Question 14

What condition can lead to impairment in intellectual development

Answer 14

Autism spectrum disorder

Question 15

Children’s understanding of illness depends on

Answer 15

Their symptoms whether they are abstract or concrete

Question 16

Why do children misunderstand

Answer 16

Because they have a lack of relevant info

Question 17

Children can’t understand

Answer 17

Causes diagnosis and cure but can communicate their feelings

Question 18

How do you measure pain with a child

Answer 18

Ask them as this is subjective, you can use a visual or numerical scale and also by their observational/behavioural/physiological symptoms

Question 19

What are the steps in Bibace and Walsh’s model for children’s explanation of illness

Answer 19

Phenomenism, Contagion, contamination, internalisation, physiological, psychophysiological

Question 20

Phenomenism

Answer 20

Particular object Are believe to cause illness but there is no sense of the mechanism involved
Age 2-4

Question 21

Contagion

Answer 21

Illness is caused by proximity to ill people or to particular objects
4-7 years

Question 22

Contamination

Answer 22

Illness is caused by physical contact with an ill person illness may be viewed as punishment for miss behaviour
7-9 years old

Question 23

Internalisation

Answer 23

9-11 years

Illness is located within the body but may be caused by external factors e.g. people getting colds from being cold

Question 24

Physiological

Answer 24

11-16 years

Illness is caused by malfunctions in organs or systems which may be due to infections

Question 25

Psychophysiological

Answer 25

16+ years

Psychological factors like stress and fatigue can affect physiological processes rather than only being an outcome