Development Flashcards
Piaget’s stages of child development (Ages)
sensorimotor: birth - 2
preoperational: 2 - 6
concrete operational: 6 - 12
formal operational: 12 +
stage of sensorimotor
only aware of objects and their existence they interact with in sight
stage of pre-operational reasoning
single dimension through drawing; cannot use logical reasoning
object permanence task
showing child a toy and then covering it
infants: do not try to find it
conservation problem
if you show a child from ages 2 - 6 a clay ball being stretched out, they will claim it is longer
concrete operational stage
cannot think in systematic scientific ways, do not consider confounding variables or those that cannot be seen (gravity)
formal operational stage
rely on formal education in scientific reasoning
challenges to piaget’s theory
change is continuous and gradual rather than discontinuous in stages
environment dependent
waiting period -> retrieving object
describe blushing
adaptive, response to embarrassment and shame, shows others you know the norm
people who blush are perceived as more what?
trustworthy, you care about social norms
musical tastes are set at what ages for girls and boys
girls: 13
boys: 14
We are more likely to like songs released at ages 13
childhood influences for music are stronger for which gender
women
Is pain caused intentionally or not intentionally more painful?
intentionally
How is taste sensitivity related to political orientation
related to disgust; higher sensitivity -> more disgust -> conservative
phonemic awareness is a predictor of what
reading
