BTEC Health and Social Care Level 3
Unit 1 Theories
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
- summary - ANSWER-How children use their experiences to construct their
understanding of the world around them - schemas
Schemas - ANSWER-Assimilation: the child constructs an understanding or concept
(schema)
Equilibrium: the child's experience fits with their schema
Disequilibrium: a new experience disturbs the child's schema
Accommodation: the child's understanding (schema) changes to take account of the
new experience
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
- key features - ANSWER-Children pass through distinct developmental stages
In sequence.
Children should be able to discover things for themselves through spontaneous play.
Egocentrism - under 7s:
Only see things from their own perspective
Mountain test.
Conservation - under 7s:
Children under 7 cannot conserve because they cannot think about more than one
aspect of a situation at a time;
Water in glasses of different dimension
Criticisms of Piaget's theory of cognitive development - ANSWER-Piaget
underestimated children's rate of development
With support, children can develop more advanced concepts
Children can be given experiences that help them move through the stages at a faster
rate
Some children can see things from the perspective of others before the age of 7
Chomsky's theory of language development
- summary - ANSWER-Chomsky's LAD theory helps to explain how children develop
language skills. It is based on nativist theory which suggests that
individuals are pre-programmed to develop in a certain way
Unit 1 Theories
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
- summary - ANSWER-How children use their experiences to construct their
understanding of the world around them - schemas
Schemas - ANSWER-Assimilation: the child constructs an understanding or concept
(schema)
Equilibrium: the child's experience fits with their schema
Disequilibrium: a new experience disturbs the child's schema
Accommodation: the child's understanding (schema) changes to take account of the
new experience
Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development
- key features - ANSWER-Children pass through distinct developmental stages
In sequence.
Children should be able to discover things for themselves through spontaneous play.
Egocentrism - under 7s:
Only see things from their own perspective
Mountain test.
Conservation - under 7s:
Children under 7 cannot conserve because they cannot think about more than one
aspect of a situation at a time;
Water in glasses of different dimension
Criticisms of Piaget's theory of cognitive development - ANSWER-Piaget
underestimated children's rate of development
With support, children can develop more advanced concepts
Children can be given experiences that help them move through the stages at a faster
rate
Some children can see things from the perspective of others before the age of 7
Chomsky's theory of language development
- summary - ANSWER-Chomsky's LAD theory helps to explain how children develop
language skills. It is based on nativist theory which suggests that
individuals are pre-programmed to develop in a certain way
