Lecture 2

Question 0

What is Cross-sectional Research Approach?

Answer 0

Different age groups (cohorts) are compared at one point in time

Question 1

What is Longitudinal Research Approach?

Answer 1

Researching the same people repeatedly over time

Question 2

What is Sequential Research Approach?

Answer 2

Different age groups are tested repeatedly over time

Question 3

What are the four stages of Piaget’s development theory?

Answer 3

1. Sensorimotor Period
2. Preoperational Period
3. Concrete Operational Period
4. Formal Operational Period

Question 4

What is the Sensorimotor stage?

Answer 4

Age 0 - 2

Imitative ability develops (Face, gestures…)

Gradual development of the concept of object permanence

No mental representations (Only exists if able to perceive

Question 5

What is the Preoperational Stage?

Answer 5

2 - 7 years

Operations - can mentally perform actions that before they could only do physically

Mental representations firmly developed

Egocentrism - Inability to differentiate between own perspective and another perspective

Animism - the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike properties

Question 6

What is conservation?

Answer 6

A defining line between preoperational and operational thinking

Eg. One full cup being poured into a different shaped cup (Knowing that it is the same amount)

Question 7

What is the Concrete Operational stage?

Answer 7

Age 7 - 11

Egocentrism wanes (Can see other perspectives)

Acquire mental operations to solve problems logically

Can apply their mental operations only to concrete examples

Question 8

What is the Formal Operational Stage?

Answer 8

Age 12+

Emergence of abstract logical reasoning

Emergence of hypothetical-deductive problem solving