unit 3.4

Question 1

Continuous Development

Answer 1

Continuous Development - Cognitive skills and abilities gradually improve over time as a result of learning and experience.

Question 2

Discontinuous Development

Answer 2

Discontinuous Development - Individuals transition from one stage to another in a step-like fashion.

Question 4

Assimilation -

Answer 4

Assimilation - The process of integrating new information into existing cognitive schemas (mental structures or frameworks for understanding the world).

Question 5

Accommodation

Answer 5

Accommodation - The process of modifying existing cognitive schemas or creating new ones in response to new information that cannot be assimilate

Question 6

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 6

Sensorimotor Stage - During this period, infants learn about the world primarily through their sensory experiences and motor activities.

Question 7

Object Permanence

Answer 7

Object Permanence - is the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Question 8

Preoperational Stage

Answer 8

Preoperational Stage - During this stage, children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols, but they do not yet understand concrete logic.

Question 9

Egocentrism

Answer 9

Egocentrism - is the tendency for children to view the world solely from their own perspective and have difficulty understanding that others have different viewpoints.

Question 10

Animism

Answer 10

Animism - is the belief that inanimate objects have lifelike qualities, such as thoughts, feelings, and intentions.

Question 11

Centration

Answer 11

is the tendency to focus on one salient aspect of a situation and ignore others.

Question 12

irreversibility

Answer 12

irreversibility - refers to a child’s inability to mentally reverse a sequence of events or logical operations.

Question 13

Conservation

Answer 13

Conservation - is the understanding that certain properties of objects, such as volume, mass, and number, remain the same despite changes in the form or arrangement of the objects.

Question 14

Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 14

Concrete Operational Stage - During this stage, children develop the ability to think logically about concrete events

Question 15

Decentration

Answer 15

Decentration - is the ability to consider multiple aspects of a situation simultaneously

Question 16

Reversibility

Answer 16

Reversibility - is the understanding that objects can be changed and then returned back to their original form or condition.

Question 17

Formal Operational Stage

Answer 17

Formal Operational Stage - During this stage, individuals develop the ability to think abstractly, logically, and systematically.