psych exam 1 3 Flashcards
1
Q
schemas
A
theories about how the world works
2
Q
assimilate
A
when children see something new they put it into an existing schema
3
Q
accomodation
A
when children see something new, they make new schemas for revise existing schemas
4
Q
Stages
A
1) sensorimotor=object permanence
2) preoperational=egocentricism
3) concrete operational=conservation
4) formeral operational=hypothesis testing
5
Q
object permanence
A
knowing the something still exhists even if you can’t see it
6
Q
egocentricism
A
difficuty of child taking perpectives of others
7
Q
conservation
A
if you change shape, appearance, it is still the same
8
Q
hypotheis testing
A
analyzing by testing one thing at a time
