intellectual development through the life stages

Question 1

What does piaget’s model of cognitive suggest

Answer 1

suggests that children move through four stages of mental development.

Question 2

What is the first stage of Piaget’s model

Answer 2

sensorimotor - birth to 2 years

Question 3

What is the second stage of piaget’s model

Answer 3

preoperational - age 2 to 7 years

Question 4

What is the third stage of Piaget’s model

Answer 4

Concrete operational - ages 7 to 11

Question 5

What is the fourth stage of Piaget’s model

Answer 5

Formal operational - ages 12+

Question 6

What are the characteristics in the sensorimotor stage

Answer 6

1. infant knows the world through movement
2. children learn about the world through actions e.g grasping
3. Infants learn things still exist even if they are not in sight
4. They are separate beings from other things
5. Their actions can cause things to happen around them

Question 7

Characteristics that occur in the preoperational stage

Answer 7

1. learn to use words and pictures to represent objects
2. Children at this stage tend to be egocentric and struggle to see things from the perspective of others.
3. They still tend to think about things in very concrete terms.

Question 8

Characteristics that occur in the concrete operational stage

Answer 8

1. Children begin to thinking logically about concrete events
2. They begin to understand the concept of conservation; that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass, for example
3. Children begin using inductive logic, or reasoning from specific information to a general principle

Question 9

Characteristics that occur in the formal operational stage

Answer 9

1. Begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems
2. Begin to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a general principle to specific information

Question 10

What did chomsky’s language theory say?

Answer 10

The fact that children everywhere acquire language the same way, and without much effort, seems to indicate that we’re born wired with the basics already present in our brains. He says that everyone is born with an LAD and that there is a critical period of time where children learn a language easiest.

Question 11

what is an LAD

Answer 11

Language acquisition device (chomsky’s theory)The LAD is a tool that is found in the brain; it enables the child to rapidly develop the rules of language.

Question 12

critics of Chomsky

Answer 12

lack of evidence, we do not know where the LAD is located, The model cannot explain why individuals with certain learning disabilities such as Down’s Syndrome have delayed language.

Question 13

what is egocentrism?

Answer 13

Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other. More specifically, it is the inability to accurately assume or understand any perspective other than one’s own

Question 14

What are the criticisms of piaget’s model of cognitive development?

Answer 14

> sometimes underestimated children’s rate of development
with support, children can develop more advanced concepts
children can be given experiences that help them move through the stages faster
some children can see things from the perspective of others before 7