Piaget Terms & Cognitive Development

Question 1

Stage 1: Sensorimotor stage (birth-2 years)

Answer 1

Learn through their senses and begin understanding the idea of being permanent

Question 2

Stage 2: Preoperational stage (2-7 years old)

Answer 2

Starts when a child begins to talk. Children mimic adults through play and learn to manipulate symbols (read, write, buttons). Can’t understand others’ POV and cannot mentally manipulate information.

Question 3

Stage 3: Concrete operational stage (7-11 years old)

Answer 3

The child better understands someone else’s POV. Can understand logical reasoning but struggle with abstract ideas. Begin to understand that actions can be reversed and conservation.

Question 4

Stage 4: Formal operational stage (12-adulthood)

Answer 4

Children understand abstract and theoretical concepts. Be creative when problem-solving by using deductive reasoning.

Question 5

Schema

Answer 5

How the learner organizes information in their mind (internal filing system)

Question 6

Cognitive dissonance

Answer 6

having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, values, or attitudes

Question 7

Assimilation

Answer 7

New information fits into what you already know (no dissonance)

Question 8

Schema theory

Answer 8

Prepares learners by activating prior knowledge and encouraging cross-curricular activities so learning is reinforced through knowledge transfer

Question 9

Transfer

Answer 9

transfer of knowledge (fractions and pizza)

Question 10

Negative transfer

Answer 10

When a student’s prior learning interferes with a new lesson (information doesn’t match or fit into existing schema)