Lesson 4: Psychological Perspective of the Self Part 1

Question 1

is the scientific study of human behavior and mental process.

Answer 1

Psychology

Question 2

What are the four goals of psychology

Answer 2

1. Describe
2. Explain
3. Predict
4. Modify

Question 3

what the person is doing

Answer 3

describe

Question 4

why is she/he doing that

Answer 4

explain

Question 5

what is he going to do

Answer 5

predict

Question 6

how can we change the behavior

Answer 6

modify

Question 7

Deals with the nature of knowledge itself and how humans come to acquire it.

Answer 7

theory of cognitive development

Question 8

he observed how children processed and made sense of the world around them and eventually developed a four-stage model of how the mind processes the information encountered.

Answer 8

jean piaget

Question 9

JEAN PIAGET observed how children processed and made sense of the world around them and eventually developed a four-stage model of how the mind processes the information encountered.

Answer 9

theory of cognitive development

Question 10

what are the Basic Concepts of Cognitive Dev. Theories

Answer 10

1. Schema
2. Adaptation
3. Stages of Cognitive Development
4. Assimilation
5. Accommodation

Question 11

the building blocks of knowledge; mental organizations that individuals use to understand their environments.

Answer 11

schema

Question 12

how a child’s learning process meets the situational demands

Answer 12

adaptation

Question 13

reflects the increasing sophistication of the child’s thought processes.

Answer 13

stages of cognitive development

Question 14

the application of previous concepts to new concepts

Answer 14

assimilation

Question 15

when existing ideas are challenged; correct your thinking so that your thought process would adapt

Answer 15

accommodation

Question 16

What are the stages of cognitive development

Answer 16

1. sensorimotor stage (0-2)
2. preoperational stage (2-5)
3. concrete operational stage (6-11)
4. formal operational stage (12-adulthood)

Question 17

The ability to realize that objects still exist when they are not being sensed.

Answer 17

object permanence

Question 18

Believing that inanimate objects are alive

Answer 18

animistic thinking

Question 19

not being capable of seeing things from another person’s perspectives

Answer 19

egocentrism

Question 20

recognition that when some properties (such as shape) of an object change, other properties (such as volume ) remain constant

Answer 20

conservation