CDE 232: 09/23 LECTURE (EXAM 2)

Course Logistics and Study Tips

  • When meeting with CAs or instructors, bring your study materials and notes for personalized improvement plans.

  • A single low test grade in this course is not catastrophic due to the point structure.

  • Reflect on how your reliance on memory contributed to your success on the first exam.

Interview Recruitment (CA Role)

  • If you were asked to submit forms for an interview, you must email us to confirm submission, as the form link is not constantly monitored.

  • If you have no idea what this refers to, it likely doesn't apply to you.

Capstone Interview Scheduling

  • Interviews for your capstone project are scheduled for the Tuesday before your exam.

  • Importance of early scheduling: Allows for a full class time dedicated to the interview.

  • Time management: Typically, only 3040%30-40\% of groups can finish their interviews within class time due to lack of preparation.

  • You will have very little spare time during that week.

  • Knowing your interview material extremely well is crucial. Some students will participate, others must listen to all interviews.

  • Note: If you conduct your interview today but discuss it in two weeks, remember the content for later.

Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development: The Sensorimotor Stage

  • Stage Name: Sensorimotor (infancy into early toddlerhood).

  • Core Concept: Infants coordinate their sensory activities with their motor activities.

    • Sensory activities: Experiences through eyes, ears, hands, etc.

    • Motor activities: Physical movements.

  • Driving Forces (from Unit 1): schemes, assimilation, and accommodation.

    • Scheme (or schema): A small mental rule.

    • Cognitive development: Kids change their schemes through the process of either assimilation (incorporating new experiences into existing schemes) or accommodation (modifying existing schemes to fit new experiences).

Circular Reactions: The Building Blocks

  • Definition: Piaget described babies moving through a series of