Phases of the life cycle and Erikson

Question 1

What are the stages of development?

Answer 1

• Prenatal and Newborn
• Infancy and Childhood
• Adolescence
• Adulthood

Question 2

What are the stages of prenatal development?

Answer 2

• Germinal stage, until 2 weeks, froming of placenta
• Embryonic stage, 2 weeks to 2 months, organs forming
• Fetal stage, till birth, rapid boday growth
• Newborn, survival reflexes, sucking and stopping reflex, rooting

Question 3

What did Piaget think about child cognitive development?

Answer 3

According to Piaget, the driving force behind intellectual progression is trying to make sense of one’s experience

Question 4

What is habituation?

Answer 4

When the familiarity with a stimulus reduces, slows or stops a response

Question 5

What is dishabituation?

Answer 5

An increase in reponse after the presentation of a new stimulus

Question 6

What are assimilation and accommodation?

Answer 6

2 concepts expalining how we use schemas:
Assimilation- matching external reality to an existing cognitive structure
Accommodation-when there’s an inconsistency between the learner’s cognitive structure and the thing being learned. The child will reorganize their thoughts.

Question 7

What are Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

Answer 7

• Sensimotor stage, birth to 2, experiencing through senses and actions
• Preoperational stage, 2 to 7, intutive reasoning
• Concrete Operation stage, 7 to 11, logical thinking about concrete event
• Formal Operational stage, abract reasoning