AP Psych schemas quiz

Jean Piaget

studied the development of children’s cognition

Schemas

concepts or mental molds into which we pour our experiences

Example of a schema

for a “dog,” it would be four less, furry coat, long tail

Assimilate

add to a schema

Accommodation

creating a new schema

Sensorimotor stage

stage from birth to about 2 yrs where infants only know the world in terms of their sensory impressions

Object permanence

awareness that objects continue to exist even when not perceived

Preoperational stage

age of about 2 to age 7, when children learn to use language but doesn’t yet comprehend concrete logic

Conservation

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

Egocentrism

a child’s difficulty taking on another’s point of view

Theory of mind

people’s ideas about their own and others mental states

Concrete operational stage

age 7-11 where children gain the mental operations that allow them to think logically

Formal operational stage

age 12, where people begin to think logically about abstract concepts

Lev Vygotsky

studied how a child’s mind feeds on the language of social interaction

Scaffolding

a framework that offers children temporary support as they develop higher levels of learning