Chapter 6 Cognitive Development Flashcards

Interaction of all the perceptual, intellectual and linguistic abilities that compromise thinking and learning

What are Piaget's two processes that account for changes in schemes?

Involves building schemes through direct interactions with the env.

We use our current schemes to interpret the external world. eg. when timmy dropped objects, he was assimilating them all into his sensorimotor "dropping scheme"

We create new schemes or adjust old ones after noticing that our current ways of thinking do not capture the env. completely. Eg. When timmy drops objects in different ways, he modifies his dropping scheme to take account of the varied properties of objects

• balance of the two varies over time. When children don’t change, they assimilate than they accommodate. (steady and comfortable)

(cognitive discomfort) – they accommodate rather than assimilate

Process that takes place internally, apart from direct contact with the env. Once children form new schemes, they rearrange them, linking them with other schemes to create a strongly interconnected cognitive system eg. timmy will relate "dropping" to "throwing" and to his true state of "nearness" and "farness"

Stage sequence has two important characteristics which is...

Stages always emerge in a fixed order and no stage can be skipped

Universal

Four stages of development

6 substages of the sensorimotor stage

Newborn reflex (birth to 1 month)

• simple motor habits centered around the infant's own body; limited anticipation of events I LOVE YOU GIA NGOC LAM<3