Module 5 Flashcards
Means to study
Logos
Means the soul
Psyche
Study of our physical, cognitive, social, and emotional changes throughout our whole lives.
Developmental Psychology
Sequence of change in our behavior and appearance
Maturation
A developmental psychologist, who theorized that humans go through specific stages of cognitive development and intellectual progression
John Piaget
Mental frameworks that help interpret information
Schemas
What are the four stages of cognitive development accordingly to john piaget?
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
Coordination of sense with motor responses, sensory curiosity about the world. Language used for demands and cataloguing. Object permanence is developed
Sensorimotor
Symbolic thinking, use of proper syntax and grammar to express concepts. Imagination and intuition are strong, but complex abstract thoughts are still difficult. Conservation is developed
Preoperational
Marked as the stage of Egocentrism
Preoperational
Drives most of what the kid thinks and say
Egocentrism
Concepts are attached to concrete situations. Time space and quantity are understood and can be applied, but not as independent concepts.
Concrete operational
Children are still very concrete and literal in their thinking at this point of development, they become much more adept at using logic. The egocentrism of the previous stage begins to disappear.
Concrete operational
Theoretical, hypothetical, and counterfactual thinking. Abstract logic and reasoning. Strategy and planning become possible. Concepts learned in one context can be applied to another.
Formal operational
The final stage of Piaget’s theory
Formal operational
