cultural development psych final exam

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development

sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operations, formal operations

sensorimotor stage

0-2, object permanence: if babies don’t see it, it doesn’t exist to them

preoperational stage

2-6, egocentrism: unable to think of another person’s perspective, confusion of appearance and reality; three mountain problem, scale error, theory of mind

concrete operations stage

6-12, conservation tasks: understanding that some properties of an object or substance remain the same even when its appearance is altered

formal operations stage

12 and up, abstract thinking, may not be the universal end point of cognitive thinking

cultural factors that influence math achievement

language, measurement units, beliefs about education, teaching styles

postfigurative culture

learning from elders, change is slow

co-figurative cultures

learning from peers and elders

pre-figurative cultures

young people teaching elders, change is rapid