Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Development Outcome 2 Sac 1 Flashcards
What is cognitive development?
The construction of thought processes from childhood through to adolescence and into adulthood
What is a schema?
A mental idea of what something is and how to act on it.
What is assimilation?
The process of taking in new information and fitting it into an existing schema
Accommodation
Changing an existing schema in order to fit in new information
What is the sensorimotor stage?
Where infants construct their understanding of the world through their sense and motor activities.
What is goal directed behaviour?
To perform and successfully complete a sequence of actions with a particular purpose in mind
What is the pre operational stage?
It marks the end of infancy where the child is able to mentally represent objects and experiences
What is symbolic thinking?
The ability to use symbols to represent objects that aren’t physically present
Egocentrism
The tendency to perceive the world solely from ones point of view
Animism
The belief that everything that exists has some kind of consciousness
Transformation
Understanding that something can change from one state to another
Centration
The ability to just focus on one feature of an object or event at a time
Reversibility
Ability to mentally follow a sequence of events or line of reasoning back to its starting point
What is the concrete operational stage?
Where the child is capable of true logical thought and performing mental operations
Mental operation
The ability to accurately imagine the consequences of something happening without it actually needing to happen
Conservation
The understanding that certain properties of an object can remain the same although it’s appearance has changed
Classification.
Ability to organise objects or events into categories based on their similarities
What is the formal operational stage?
~complex though processes
~thinking becomes more sophisticated
~brain maturation and life experience
Abstract thinking
A way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see,visualise, experience or manipulate in order to understand something
~ability to solve problems
Idealistic thinking
A way of thinking that compares self and others to perfect standards
