Piaget's theory on cognitive development.

Question 1

Schemes:

Answer 1

mental structures that organise information and regulate behaviour.

Question 2

Assimilation:

Answer 2

taking in info that is compatible with what one already knows.

Question 3

Accommodation:

Answer 3

changing existing knowledge based on new knowledge.

Question 4

Equilibration:

Answer 4

the process by which children reorganise their schemes to return to a state of equilibrium when disequilibrium occurs.

Question 5

4 period’s of development:

Answer 5

-sensorimotor
-preoperational
-concrete operational
-formal operation

Question 6

Sensorimotor period:

Answer 6

birth to 2 years.

Question 7

Object permanence:

Answer 7

understanding that objects exists independently of oneself.

Question 8

Egocentrism:

Answer 8

difficulty seeing the world from anothers point of view.

Question 9

Animism:

Answer 9

phenomenon of crediting inanimate objects with life and lifelike properties.

Question 10

Centration:

Answer 10

narrowly focused type of thought that characterizes preoperational children.