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Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development
Ans:
sensorimotor stage
Ans: birth-2 yrs, understands the world through senses and
action
preoperational stage
Ans: 2-7 years, understands the world through language and
mental images
concrete operational stage
Ans: 7-12 years, understands the world through logical thinking
and categories
formal operational stage
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Ans: 12 years +, understands the world through hypothetical
thinking and scientific reasoning
sensorimotor substages
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preoperational substages
Ans: egocentrism, contration, conservation and intuitive
thought
egocentrism in kids vs adolescence
Ans: -kids don't take into account the view points of others
- adolescence feel that they have an imaginary audience
personal fables and imaginary audiences...
Ans: apply to cognition because, these concepts enable
adolescence to construct imaginary situations and think
abstractly
changes in post formal thought include
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Ans: adults wrestle with thoughts of the mystery of existence,
lifes chaos, and living in the here-and-now. They are neither
changing toward some endpoint, nor running from the past.
contributions and criticisms of Piaget's theory
Ans: -post formal thought is viewed as accurate
-underestimates childrens abilities
-neglects the fact that there can be change beyond the end of
adolescence
schemes
Ans: an organized pattern of sensorimotor functioning
assimilation
Ans: the process in which people understand the experience in
terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way
of thinking
accommodation
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PSYCH 2450 EXAM 2 Questions and
Correct Answers/ Latest Update / Already
Graded
Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development
Ans:
sensorimotor stage
Ans: birth-2 yrs, understands the world through senses and
action
preoperational stage
Ans: 2-7 years, understands the world through language and
mental images
concrete operational stage
Ans: 7-12 years, understands the world through logical thinking
and categories
formal operational stage
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Ans: 12 years +, understands the world through hypothetical
thinking and scientific reasoning
sensorimotor substages
Ans:
preoperational substages
Ans: egocentrism, contration, conservation and intuitive
thought
egocentrism in kids vs adolescence
Ans: -kids don't take into account the view points of others
- adolescence feel that they have an imaginary audience
personal fables and imaginary audiences...
Ans: apply to cognition because, these concepts enable
adolescence to construct imaginary situations and think
abstractly
changes in post formal thought include
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Ans: adults wrestle with thoughts of the mystery of existence,
lifes chaos, and living in the here-and-now. They are neither
changing toward some endpoint, nor running from the past.
contributions and criticisms of Piaget's theory
Ans: -post formal thought is viewed as accurate
-underestimates childrens abilities
-neglects the fact that there can be change beyond the end of
adolescence
schemes
Ans: an organized pattern of sensorimotor functioning
assimilation
Ans: the process in which people understand the experience in
terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way
of thinking
accommodation
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