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 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