cog Flashcards
(9 cards)
- intro to Piaget
- question
- children are what
what makes a human an intellect
children are scientists- understand the world around
influential, methods used today
- constructionist theory
- learn from what
actively construct knowledge
learn independent from intrinsic motivation, not all about interactions with others
- Piaget discusses cognitive structures influencing development
- 3 process
schema- mental framework
1. assimiliation
2. accodation
3. equilibrium
- 4 stages of cognitive development
- development is what? (4)
- what are the stages
development is
1. hierarchal
2. invariant in sequence
3. discontinuous
4. domain general
4 stages
1. sensorimotor (0-2); reflex and mental representation. lack object permanence
2. pre operational (2-7); symbolic thinking - ego centric (3 mountains) and struggle with conservation
3. concrete (7-12); logical reasoning + less ego - difficult with abstract reasoning
4. formal (12+); systematic reasoning
- 2 major criticism of the 4 stages
- underestimates young children; object perm by 3.5 months (violation of expectation tasks)
- culture; performance depends on school and culture e.g Hausa children couldn’t understand conservation until 11
- Vygotsky sociocultural theory
- what is the gist
- 3 parts
- evaluation
domain general theory- development of children is as if they are apprenticeships
learning influenced by culture and interactions with knowledgeable others
1. zone of proximal devepment
2. social scaffolding
3. private speech
+ role of culture and collaborative working
- difficult to measure ZPD and doesn’t talk about biological factors
- spelke core knowledge
- what is the gist and why’s it different to Piaget
- 5 systems
- evaluation
domain specific theory
were born with innate cog systems for learning (Piaget believed we were a blank slate)
1. object/motion e.g objects are solid and don’t just disappear
2.goal directed actions
3. numbers/basic arithmetic
4. spatial awareness
5. social interactions
+ vio of expectation tasks- sent a car down a track, should’ve crashed by didn’t. child start in shock
- underplays role of experience
- positive of Piaget
+ framework of development of thinking
+ influenced future research
+ emphasises role of learning
