Module 44 Flashcards
cognition
all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, & communicating
schemas
a concept or framework that organizes + interprets information
assimilate
interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
accommodate
- in developmental psychology, adapting our current understandings (schemas) to incorportate new information
sensorimotor stage
Piaget’s theory
- the stage (from birth to nearly 2 years) during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and motor activities
object permanence
the awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived
preoperational stage
Piaget’s theory
the stage (from 2 to 6-7 years old) during which a child learns to use language but doesn’t yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic
egocentric
Piaget’s theory
the preoperational childs difficulty taking anothers point of view
theory of mind
peoples ideas about their own and others mental states- about their feelings, perceptions, + thoughts, & the behaviors these might predict
concrete operational stage
Piaget’s theory
the stage of cognitive development (7-11 years old) during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events
formal operational
Piaget’s theory
the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning around age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts
scaffold
a framework that offers children temporary support as they develop higher levels of thinking
autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
a disorder that appears in childhood & is marked in significant deficiencies in communication + social interaction, and by rigidly fixed interest + repetitive behaviors
conservation
the principle that quantity (mass, volume, etc) remains the same despite changes in shape
- Piaget believed to be apart of concrete operational reasoning
