Unit IV-V Flashcards
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It is the scientific study of how human thinks, feel and behave
Psychology
What are the four goals of Psychology
Describe
Explain
Predict
Modify
“of relating to, being or involving conscious intellectual activity”
Cognitive
A Swiss clinical psychologist who pioneered the Theory of Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget
It deals with the nature of knowledge itself, and how humans gradually come to acquire and use it.
Theory of Cognitive Development
It is a progressive reorganization of mental processes resulting from biological maturation and environmental experience
Cognitive Development
What are the basic concepts of Piaget’s Cognitive Theory
Schemas
Adaptation
Stages of Cognitive Development
It is the me tal organization used to understand the environment
Schemas
A child’s process in encountering situational conditions
Adaptation
It focused on the growing expertise of child’s thought process
Stages of Cognitive Development
What are the two types of adaptation?
Assimilation
Accommodation
It is a process of getting new information that is already active in our schemas
Assimilation
It involves the altering or changing the existing schemas, as a result of a new experiences
Accommodation
It helps to explain how the children can move from one stage to another
Equilibration
What are the stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
At this stage knowledge are acquired through senses
Sensorimotor (0-2)
At this stage the verbal and egocentric thinking develop, and conservation of shapes, numbers, liquids are not yet possible
Preoperational (2-5)
At this stage, conservation of shapes, numbers, and liquids are now possible. Logic and reasoning develop but limited
Concrete Operational (6-11)
At this stage, abstract reasoning are developed. Systematic problem solving and scientific reasoning is now possible
Formal Operational (12 and Up)
It is the ability to think about and reflect upon one’s thinking
Metacognition
The ability to realize that objects still exists when they are not being sensed
Object permanence
Believing that inanimate objects are alive
Animistic thinking
Not being capable of seeing things from another’s person’s perspective
Egocentrism
Recognition that when some properties of an object change other properties remain constant
Conservation