Week 8 Physical and Cognitive Development

Question 1

Describe the stages of life-span development

Answer 1

1- Prenatal - in utero
2- The newborn (0-6 months)
3- Childhood and adolescence (6months-20yo most learning and growth done here)
4- Adulthood and ageing (20-65yo)

Question 2

Describe Piaget’s theory

Answer 2

the ability to think as growing in a fixed sequence of periods or stages.
Each stage builds on previous

Question 3

What are schemas

Answer 3

organise past experiences and provides framework to understand future experiences

Question 4

What can an infant focus on mentally in the sensorimotor stage

Answer 4

Only what it can see.

Once out of sight it does not exist to the infant anymore.

Question 5

What is and when does object permanence occur for infants

Answer 5

something exists even when out of sight.

At around 18-24 months

Question 6

How did Vygotssky suggest child’s minds grow

Answer 6

Through interactions with other minds.

Question 7

How does ageing affect physical changes in adulthood

Answer 7

• loss of sensory sharpness
• loss of bone mass
• overall decline in health

Question 8

What age is the peak in development

Answer 8

Early and middle adulthood

Question 9

What may people do in their 40s

Answer 9

Reappraise life and relationships

Question 10

List Kohlberg’s Stages of moral development

Answer 10

1&2- selfish and centred on avoiding punishment
3&4- concerned about other people
5&6- based on personal standards/principles