Development

Question 1

Piagets’ theory

Answer 1

development is a consequence of maturation not just experience I.e nature and nurture.

all children go through the same recognisable stages, in all the same order at roughly the same age.
Childhood thinking is different in quality than adult thinking

Question 2

What are the 4 stages in Piagets theory

Answer 2

Sensorimotor - 0-2 - lack of object permanence

pre operational - 2-7 - not yet logical or capable of performing mental tasks

Concrete operational - 7- 11 - logical operations, such as conservation, reversibility or classification, allowing logical reasoning

Formal operational - 11 and above - the ability to formulate hypotheses and systematically test them to arrive at an answer to a problem

Question 3

What is a ‘fixed mindset’

Answer 3

People who believe their basic qualities, like their intelligence or talent, are simply fixed traits

Question 4

What is a ‘Growth Mindsets’

Answer 4

People who believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work.

Question 5

What is ’Object permanence’

Answer 5

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed.

Question 6

Blackwells’ learning theory

Answer 6

Study 1: There will be a relationship between adolescents’ theory of intelligence and academic achievement in mathematics.

Study 2: focusing on the potential of students to develop their intellectual capacity affects motivational behaviour