lesson 6

Question 1

what are the five cognitive theoretical perspectives?

Answer 1

1. piaget’s theory
2. information processing theories
3. core knowledge theories
4. sociocultural theories
5. dynamic systems theories

Question 2

who is the founder of sociocultural theories

Answer 2

vygotsky

Question 3

what are the key premises of sociocultural theories

Answer 3

• child as social learner - they will have the urge to teach other people
• products of culture

Question 4

what is the zone of proximal development

Answer 4

“what a child can do in cooperation today, he can do alone tomorrow”
- zone of actual/achieved development
- middle zone, zone of proximal development
- highest zone, out of reach zone

Question 5

what is the out of reach zone

Answer 5

• cannot complete the task even with guidance “anxiety zone”

Question 6

zone of proximal development

Answer 6

• can do tasks with guidance “learning zone”
• best zone for learning because it is still in reach but is not in the comfort zone

Question 7

zone of actual/achieved development

Answer 7

• can do tasks on their own “comfort zone”

Question 8

these theorists believe that…

Answer 8

a child as young as 5 months old can learn by watching someone else do something

Question 9

what are the key premises of the dynamic systems theories

Answer 9

• constant change - current situation, past situations
• child as part of well-integrated system - perception, motor skills, attention, memory, language, social interaction
• internal motivation
• action-focused - just as thinking shapes actions, actions shape thinking
  it is kind of just aspects of every other theory melted together

Question 10

information processing theories

Answer 10

problem solving is integral to development

Question 11

how does cognitive development occur

Answer 11

• self organization, soft assembly
  -mechanisms of change, variation and selection