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Studied by 105 peopleNoteStudied by 11 peopleNoteStudied by 6 peopleNoteStudied by 14474 peopleNoteStudied by 12 peopleNoteStudied by 6 people
chapter 10.4
Cognitive Development: how we acquire the ability to learn think, communicate and remeber
Schema: the mental representation that we form of the world by organizing bits of information into knowledge
Assimilation: the process by which new info is placed into pre existing schemas categories or schema
Accommodation: the process of adjusting existing ways of thinking or schema to understand new information
Stage | Ages | Description/Summary (in your own words: do not cut and paste) Include definitions of key terms |
|---|---|---|
Sensorimotor | 0-2 | Experience the world through senses and actions(looking hearin, touching, mouthing and grasping) |
Preoperational | 2-7 | Child begins to use and symbolsMental imagery(child can draw images from their mind) |
Concrete Operational | 7-12 | Begin to learn law of conservation, multi dimensional thinking less egocentricCan do elementary arithmetic |
Formal-Operational | 12 and older | Abstract thoughtHypothetical situationsEx: geometry, algebra morality and religion |
Why has Piaget’s theories been criticized?
The methods may have undesestimated the abilities of chidlren, some psychologists also think that several cognitive skill develop more continuously than piagets think. Rene beargoen showed that childrens do have object permanence younger than Piaget believed
chapter 10.4
Cognitive Development: how we acquire the ability to learn think, communicate and remeber
Schema: the mental representation that we form of the world by organizing bits of information into knowledge
Assimilation: the process by which new info is placed into pre existing schemas categories or schema
Accommodation: the process of adjusting existing ways of thinking or schema to understand new information
Stage | Ages | Description/Summary (in your own words: do not cut and paste) Include definitions of key terms |
|---|---|---|
Sensorimotor | 0-2 | Experience the world through senses and actions(looking hearin, touching, mouthing and grasping) |
Preoperational | 2-7 | Child begins to use and symbolsMental imagery(child can draw images from their mind) |
Concrete Operational | 7-12 | Begin to learn law of conservation, multi dimensional thinking less egocentricCan do elementary arithmetic |
Formal-Operational | 12 and older | Abstract thoughtHypothetical situationsEx: geometry, algebra morality and religion |
Why has Piaget’s theories been criticized?
The methods may have undesestimated the abilities of chidlren, some psychologists also think that several cognitive skill develop more continuously than piagets think. Rene beargoen showed that childrens do have object permanence younger than Piaget believed
NoteStudied by 105 peopleNoteStudied by 11 peopleNoteStudied by 6 peopleNoteStudied by 14474 peopleNoteStudied by 12 peopleNoteStudied by 6 people