piaget's theory of cognitive development

Question 1

jean piaget

Answer 1

-how children think, learning and navigating the world
-generate a hypthoseis and test it through interacting with their environment

Question 2

schema

Answer 2

-some are innate (from birth)
-become more better with time + experience
-have our own unique schema

Question 3

the motivation to learn

Answer 3

-originates from unpleasant motions

Question 4

disequilibrium

Answer 4

-when our current understanding doesn’t match the info presented to us

Question 5

equilibrium

Answer 5

-explore our environment to improve our understanding of a scenario

Question 6

assimilation

Answer 6

new and not radical info that we incorporate into our schema

Question 7

accommodation

Answer 7

new and radical info that we have to form a new schema for

Question 8

strength - supporting evidence (howe et al, 1992)

Answer 8

-Piaget = everyone will form a unique view of the world
-put children into groups to discuss the movement and they will give different facts
-each formed their own schema

Question 9

weakness - opposing theories

Answer 9

-piaget underestimates role of others
-likens humans to scientists
-can’t learn everything independently
-vygotsky says that learning is a social process

Question 10

strength - real world application

Answer 10

-pre-1960s = learning passive and silent
-Piaget introduced discovery based learning e.g. peer-learning
-teacher is a facilitator (allows things to happen/flow)
HOWEVER - only works with reading/english and not maths/science

Question 11

weakness - unrepresentative sample & culture bias

Answer 11

-predominately white, middle-class and from well-educated families (bias)
-children from poor backgrounds have fewer opportunities
-can’t explain the cognitive development of all children