thinking

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learning

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based on mental information processing

Question 2

Cognitive psychology

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study of mental processes (intelligence, mamory, reasoning, problem-solving, language, attention, perception

Question 3

Cognition

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inofrmation -> emotions, memories -> thoughts -> behavior

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Jean Piaget theory

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cognitive development consists of mental adaptations to new observations and experiences

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Schema

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mental category or mental forder/ makes assumption about how individuals in certain roles will behave/ allow us to make automatic assumptions about the person/object/situation

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Assimilation

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process of absorbing new information/ improving existing knowledge odf something thanks to new but congruent information

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Accomodation

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process of modifying existing structures in response to experiences (creation of a new schema)/ amending existing knowldege of something thanks to new information that contradicts previous thinking.

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event schema

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a set of routine or automatic behaviors (difficult to change because they are automatic)

Question 9

4 stages Piaget’s cognitive development

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Sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, formal operational stage

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sensorimotor stage (birth to age 2)

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learning through sense, bodily movement

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preoperational stage ( ages 2 to 7)

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mental operations, object permanences, egocentric thinking

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Concrete operational stage (ages 7-12)

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continue to make erros in reasoning about abstract concepts/ development of logic/ conservation/ reversibility/ cause and effect

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Formal operational stage

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abstract reasoning, moral reasoning, draw logical conclusions

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constructivist theory

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people actively construct their knowledge of the world based on the interaction between their ideas and experiences

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jean piaget

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cognitive psychologist, first to make a systematic study of cognitive development, he published his first scientific article at the age of 11, studied natural science and develomental psychology, cognitive development.

Question 16

limitations of the theory of jean piaget

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preschoolers are not as egocentric as J. Piaget thought, children reveal cognitive abilities much earlier than Piaget believed possible, cognitive developemnt is influenced by child’s culture.

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Contribution of J. Piaget

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Piaget suggested that the way children think is fundamentally different from the way that adults think.
Piaget’s theory had a tremendous influence on the emergence of developmental psychology as a distinctive subfield within psychology and contributed greatly to the field of education.
He is also credited as a pioneer of theconstructivist theory,