Unit 9 Key Concepts (copy)

Schema

a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information

Assimilate

interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas

Accommodation

adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information

Preoperational stage

the stage during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic (2-7)

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Conservation

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

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Egocentrism

the preoperational childs difficulty taking anothers point of view

Theory of mind

peoples ideas about their own and others mental states--about their feelings perceptions, and thoughts, and the behaviors these might predict

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 Concrete operational stage

stage of cognitive development during which children gain the mental operations that enable them to think logically about concrete events (7-11)

Formal operational stage -

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stage of cognitive development during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts (12+)

Authoritarian - 

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parents impose rules and expect obedience

Authoritative - 

parents are both demanding and responsive; exert control by setting rules and enforcing them but explain reasons. they encourage open discussion which making the rules and all exceptions

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Conventional morality - 

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uphold laws and rules to gain social approval or maintain social order

Postconventional morality - 

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actions reflect belief in basic rights and self-defined ethical principles

Preconvetional morality

The first stage of moral development and last until approximately age 9