Unit 6 - 3

Question 1

Schema

Answer 1

Concepts or organized cluster of knowledge (mental groupings), that we use to understand & interpret information.

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

The cognitive process of making new information fit in with your existing understanding of the world.

Question 3

Accommodation

Answer 3

What occurs when new information or experiences cause you to modify your existing schemas.

Question 4

Sensorimotor Stage

Answer 4

Birth to 2 years old, during which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory & motor activities.

Question 5

Object Permancence

Answer 5

The awareness that objects continue to exist even when not perceived.

Question 6

Sense of Self

Answer 6

How you perceive yourself as a whole.

Question 7

Pre-operational Stage

Answer 7

2 - 7 years old during which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the mental operations of concrete logic.

Question 8

Egocentrism

Answer 8

A child’s difficulty taking another’s POV.

Question 9

Theory of Mind

Answer 9

The ability to think about mental states, both your own & those of others.

Question 10

Conservation

Answer 10

Properties such as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite changes in the forms of objects.

Question 11

Concrete Operational Stage

Answer 11

7 - 11 years old where children gain mental operations that enable them to think logically about events.

Question 12

Formal Operational Stage

Answer 12

12+ years during which people begin to think logically about abstract concepts.

Question 13

Abstract Reasoning

Answer 13

The ability to analyze information, detect patterns, relationships, and sore problems on a complex, intangible level.