Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

These flashcards cover key concepts related to cognitive development in middle childhood, focusing on Piaget's stages of development.

Concrete Operations

A stage of cognitive development in children ages 7-11 characterized by logical thought about concrete objects.

Classification Problems

Tasks where a child learns to group objects based on shared characteristics.

Complementary Opposite Sets

Understanding that multiple classifications of an object can exist simultaneously.

Seriation

The ability to arrange objects in a series based on a characteristic such as size.

Transitivity

The principle that if A > B and B > C, then A > C.

Conservation of Number

The understanding that the quantity of objects remains the same despite changes in their arrangement.

Operational Structure

An internalized system of logical thought that guides a child's reasoning.

Preoperational Stage

The cognitive development stage before concrete operations, where thinking is based on perceptions.

Ordinal Numbers

A numbering system that indicates position or order in a sequence.

Cardinal Nature of Numbers

The understanding of numbers as quantities that can be counted.