Cognitive Development Flashcards
(20 cards)
When the child actively attempts to understand and act upon their world
a. adoptation
b. constructivism
c. assimilation
d. accomodation
b. constructivism
Tendency to create categories
organization
Ways of organizing information; governs the way the child thinks and behaves in a particular situation
schemes
When what the child knows about the world matches with what they see and observe around them
a. schemes
b. organization
c. disequilibrium
d. equilibrium
d. equilibrium
When the child learns to reproduce events originally discovered by chance
circular reactions
When the child uses what they already know to deal with new information
assimilation
When the child adjust their schemes to take new information
a. scheme reorganization
b. accommodation
c. circular reactions
d. new learning
b. accomodation
Exercise their inborn reflexes and gain some control over them
Use of reflexes
Repeats pleasurable behaviors that first occur by chance
primary circular reactions
Repeat actions that brings interesting results
secondary circular reactions
Coordinate previosly learned schemes and use previosly learned behaviors to attain their goals
coordination of secondary schemes
Purposefully vary their actions to see results; trial and error in solving problems
tertiary circular reactions
Reproduction of an observed behavior after a passage of time
a. deferred imitation
b. operations
c. predictive imitation
d. deffered operations
a. deferred imitation
Something continues to exist when out of sight
a. deferred imitation
b. schematic thoughts
c. object permanence
d. deffered operations
c. object permanence
Reversible mental actions that allow children to do mentally what they could do only physically
a. deferred imitation
b. operations
c. predictive imitation
d. deffered operations
b. operations
Mentally link two events, especially events close in time
a. identities
b. transduction
c. centration
d. correlation
b. transduction
The concept that people and many things are basically the same even if they change in outward form, size, or appearance
a. identities
b. transduction
c. centration
d. correlation
identities
Tendency to attribute life to objects that are not alive
a. animism
b. centration
c. personal fable
d. personification
a. animism
Tendency to focus on one aspect of a situation and neglect others
a. animism
b. centration
c. personal fable
d. personification
b. centration
Belief that they are special, their experience is unique
a. animism
b. centration
c. personal fable
d. personification
c. personal fable
