Jean Piaget

Question 1

cognitive theorists are interested in:

Answer 1

-how people obtain, process, and use information-that is, in how we think

Question 2

cognitive development relates to

Answer 2

-changes over time in how we think

Question 3

in each stage of cognitive development, children’s activities are governed by their:

Answer 3

-perception of the world around them

Question 4

stages are organized around: (2)

Answer 4

• specific tasks that, when bastard, but lead to the acquisition of new mental capacities, which then serve as the basis for the next level of development
• children must go through each stage and sequence before moving onto the next one

Question 5

stage one: sensorimotor stage (3)

Answer 5

• birth to 2
• children understand the world through sensory contact and immediate action they cannot engage in symbolic thought or use language
• object permanence is it to be like fish and the objects continue to exist even when the items are placed out of their sight

Question 6

stage two: preoperational stage

Answer 6

• 2-7

- children use words of mental symbols into for mental images but are limited in their ability to use logic

Question 7

stage three: concrete operational (2)

Answer 7

• 7-11

- children think in terms of tangible objects an actual events

Question 8

stage four: formal operational stage (2)

Answer 8

• 12-through adolescence
• adolescents have the potential to engage in highly abstract thought and understand places, things and events they have never seen

Question 9

what do these stages of cognitive development provide insight to?

Answer 9

-into children’s logical thinking, and how they learn to understand the world: first being totally influenced by others (parents) to later thinking and acting based on their own judgments about behavior