Developmental Stages

Question 1

How is equilibrium achieved for loafers developmental theory?

Answer 1

Through a combination of assimilation and accommodation which both lead to adaptation

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Incorporation of new information into existing schemas

Question 3

Accommodation

Answer 3

Modification of existing schemas

Question 4

Piaget’s stages of development

Answer 4

Sensorimotor (birth to 2)

Pre operational (2-7)

Concrete operational (7-11)

Formal operational (11+ years)

Question 5

Sensorimotor

Answer 5

Birth to 2

Infants learn thru sensory input and action

3 achievements during this stage:
Object permanence
Causality
Symbolic thought

Question 6

Object permanence

Answer 6

Begins around 8 months

Recognize that o Jett’s continue to exist even when they are out of sight

Ex: Child searched for toy hidden under blanket even though can’t see it

Question 7

Causality

Answer 7

Occurs around 10 months

Recognize that certain events cause other events

Ex: Child realized they can use their hand to pick up and move toy to a different spot

Question 8

Symbolic thought

Answer 8

Begins about 18 months

Use language (symbols) to think about actions before performing them

Ex: child begins to understand that words represent an object such as dog or cat

Question 9

Pre operational stage

Answer 9

2-7 years

Symbolic function allows child to learn thru use of mental images, language, and other symbols that represent objects that aren’t present.

Use symbolic play and can solve problems but limited by:
Pre causal reasoning, egocentrism, irreversibility, and centra toon

Question 10

Precausal reasoning

Answer 10

Limits child’s understanding of cause and effect and is evidenced by magical thinking and animism

Ex: child believed stars twinkle because they are happy

Question 11

Egocentrism

Answer 11

Limits child’s ability to take perspective of another person

Ex: child believing her dad must like dolls because the child likes dolls

Question 12

Irreversibility

Answer 12

The inability of child to realize that an action can be done and undone

Ex: child does not realize water can be poured back into beaker and still have same amount of water when it is in the dish

Question 13

Centration

Answer 13

The inability of a child to concentrate on one aspect of a situation without neglecting other aspects which leads to illogical thinking

Ex: when pouring water from narrow beaker into a shallow dish, they judge the quantity to have decreased because it’s “lower” - child attends to the height and but not to the compensating decrease in diameter of container

Question 14

Piaget’s developmental Theory

Answer 14

Motivation for cognitive development occurs when there is a state of disequilibrium brought on by a discrepancy between person’s current understanding of the world and reality

Question 15

Seriation

Answer 15

Ability to sort objects according to a given characteristic

Concrete operational

Question 16

Classification

Answer 16

Ability to name and identify sets of objects according to characteristics including the idea that one set of objects can include another

Concrete operational

Question 17

Decentering

Answer 17

Can take into account multiple aspects of a problem to solve it

Question 18

Reversibility

Answer 18

Understanding that actions can be reversed or objects can be changed and then returned to their original state

Concrete operational

Question 19

Conservation

Answer 19

Understanding that the quantity, length, or number of items is unrelated to the arrangement or appearance of the items

Concrete operational

Question 20

Object permanence

Answer 20

8 months

Recognize objects continue to exist when out of sight

Sensorimotor stage

Question 21

Causality

Answer 21

10 months

Recognize that certain events cause other events

Sensorimotor stage

Question 22

Symbolic thought

Answer 22

18 months

Allows child to use symbols to think about actions before performing them

Sensorimotor

Question 23

Symbolic function

Answer 23

Pre operational

2-7

Child learns thru use of mental images, language, and other symbols that represent objects that aren’t present

Question 24

Pre causal reasoning

Answer 24

2-7

Pre operational

Limits child’s understanding of cause and effect and evidenced by magical thinking and animism

Question 25

Egocentrism

Answer 25

Pre operational
2-7

Limits ability to take perspective of another person

Question 26

Irreversibility

Answer 26

Pre operational

2-7

Inability to realize that and action can be undone

Question 27

Centration

Answer 27

Pre operational

2-7

Inability to concentrate on one aspect of a situation without neglecting other aspects leading to illogical thinking