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Sensori-motor (Birth-2 yrs)
-Infantuses sensor and motor abilities to understand the world. Starting with reflex to complex motor use-becomes aware of cause and affect relationships-objectpermanence- acknowledges that an objectexists even out of sight. TERM 2
Pre-operational (2-7 years)
DEFINITION 2 -At this stage, the children learn through pretend play but still struggle with logic and taking the point of view of others.- Child is very egocentric.-languagedevelopment-Inability to see conserveliquid volume-Use of symbols through creative play (a box is a table) TERM 3
Concrete operational (7-11 years)
DEFINITION 3 -Child's ability to decenter-At this stage children begin to think more logically, but their thinking can be very ridge. They tend to struggle with abstract and hypothetical concepts .-Organizing objects into categories-Can consider other perspective, but has a hard time applying to abstract concepts. TERM 4
Formal operational (11 years and 20)
DEFINITION 4 -Can think logically about abstract propositions and test hypothesessystematically, and symbolic-Becomes concerned with the hypothetical, the future, and ideological problems- Use of hypothetical thinking TERM 5
Assimilation
DEFINITION 5 -The process of adding newinformationinto anexisting schema.-Form ofadaptation AKA Learning
Accommodation
- The process ofaltering or revising an existing schema in light in new information.Note that assimilation and accommodation go together: you can't have one without the other.-Form of adaptation AKA learningEx. I believe all people are good but then I see bad people so I have to change my belief that all people have the potential to be good. TERM 7
Classification
DEFINITION 7 -The ability to group objects together on the basis of common features. TERM 8
Class Inclusion
DEFINITION 8 -The understanding, more advanced than simple classification, that some classes or sets of objects are also sub-sets of a larger class. (E.g. there is a class of objects called dogs. There is also a class called animals. But all dogs are also animals, so the class of animals includes that of dogs) TERM 9
Conservation
DEFINITION 9 -The realisation that objects or sets of objects stay the same even when they are changed about or made to look different. TERM 10
Decentration
DEFINITION 10 -The ability to move away from one system of classification to another one as appropriate.
Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensor motorpre operationalconcret operationFormal operations TERM 17
Acomadation vs assimilation
DEFINITION 17 How do you handle the different schemas in your life.
