Piaget’s Theory and Social Development - (Module 47)

Question 1

Piaget Theory of Cognitive Development

Answer 1

Children’s intelligence changes as they grow through a series of stages.

Question 2

1. Sensorimotor Stage/Sensorimotor Intelligence

Answer 2

Babies take in the word by senses (birth - 2 years)

Question 3

Object Permanence

Answer 3

Awareness that things continue to exist even when not perceived.

Question 4

2. Preoperational Stage

Answer 4

Language ability, can think symbolically.
2-6/7 years

Question 5

Egocentrism

Answer 5

Cannot perceive things from another’s point of view.

Question 6

Theory of Mind

Answer 6

Understanding another’s mental state, feelings, thoughts or intentions.

Question 7

Animistic Thinking

Answer 7

Belief that all things are living.

Question 8

3. Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 8

Ages 7-11, think logically about concrete events.

Question 9

Conservation

Answer 9

Principle that properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.

Question 10

4. Formal Operational Stage

Answer 10

Around age 12, reasoning ability expands from concrete thinking to abstract thinking.

Question 11

Lev Vygotsky-Scaffolding

Answer 11

Process in which a more skilled learner gives help to a less skilled learner.

Question 12

Zone of Proximal Development

Answer 12

Vygotsky’s concept of the difference between what a child can do alone and what that child can do with the help of a teacher

“proximal” means “close” to mastering.