Dev Psych Midterm

Conservation

Understanding that quantity doesn’t change if the forms been altered

Centration

A child focuses on one idea excluding all others

Static reasoning

A child thinks that nothing changes. Wtv is now always will be

Theory of mind

Understanding that others perspectives differ from ones own

Develops by age 4

Self concept

Description of self

Self esteem

Evaluation of self

Inhibitory control

Ability to inhibit the more exciting response

Concrete operational stage

Ccncrete thinking

Hypotheticals are out of reach

7-11 yrs old

Classification

Understanding the use of hierarchies, classes, etc.

Seriation

Ability to organize objects by a certain characteristic

Inductive reasoning

Multiple things believed to be true are combined to reach a conclusion

Lev Vygotsky

Russian psychologist

Social constructivist theory

Egocentric/ private speech

Verbal behavior directed at self rather than others

Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

The distance between a child’s ability to solve a problem alone and with a skilled partner

Scaffolding

Process where a more skilled social partner structures tasks to boost a child’s performance

Piaget

Development proceeds learning

Cognitive constructivist theory