Lesson 2 Key Terms Flashcards
accommodation
Process of reorganizing schemes (cognitive structures) or creating new schemes in response to external stimuli that do not fit into any available scheme
Piagetian concept
adaptation
Process by which an organism adapts to the enviroment; occurs as a result of two complementary processes, assimilation, and accommodation
Piagetian concept
assimilation
Process by which external stimuli are incorporated into existing cognitive structures or schemes
Piagetian concept
child-directed speech (CDS)
Adult speech adapted for use when talking with young children
Ex) baby talk
Constructionist approach
Linguistic theory: argues that children learn language from their environment one construct at a time vs rule learning
Emergentism
Linguistic theory: argues that language is a structure arising from existing interacting patterns in the human brain
equilibrium
State of cognitive balance or harmony between incoming stimuli and cognitive structures
Piagetian concept
Generative approach
The generative approach assumes that children are able to acquire language because they are born with inate rules or principles related to structures of human languages
Also known as Nativist
mental map
Complex organizational webs that link concepts within cognitive systems
Nativist approach
See generative approach
organization
Tendency for all living things to systemize or organize behaviors
Piagetian concept
scheme
Cognitive conceptual structures used for comparison with incoming sensory information
social constructivism
Knowledge is constructed within social concepts through interactions with knowledgeable individuals
zone of proximal development (ZPD)
Area of learning that is close to what the learner already knows
