PRAXIS 5024 Questions with Complete Answers
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in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2
years of age) during which infants know the world
sensorimotor stage
mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and
motor activities
Ages birth-1 month
First Substage of the
infants learn to comprehend their environment
Sensorimotor Stage
through inborn reflexes
Ages 1-4 months
primary circular reactions babies begin to coordinate their physical sensations
with new schemas
mental constructs or concepts representing elements
schema
of the environment into a category or class
Ages 4-8 months
Secondary Circular
Actions aimed at repeating interesting effects in the
Reactions
surrounding world; imitation of familiar behaviors
Ages 8-12 months. Babies imitate others' behaviors,
Coordination of Reactions behave intentionally, understand that unseen things
exist. Beginning of object permanence.
Ages 12-18 months. Trial and error. Testing for
tertiary circular reactions
reactions.
, Ages 18-24 months. Understanding not only through
Early Representational
actions but through mental processes, represent
Thought
objects and events with symbols.
the understanding that objects continue to exist even
object permanence
when out of view
assimilation when we fit something new into an existing schema
adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to
accommodation
incorporate new information
adaptation a combination of assimilation and accommodation
the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of
concrete operational reasoning) that properties such
conservation
as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite
changes in the forms of objects
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7
years of age) during which a child learns to use
preoperational stage
language but does not yet comprehend the mental
operations of concrete logic
self-centered
egocentric preoperational children cannot adopt another's point
of view
assigning human qualities, feelings, and actions to
Animism
inanimate objects
Attributing cause and effect relationships between
magical thinking own feelings, thoughts, and environmental events
where none exists.
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
concrete operational (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which
stage children gain the mental operations that enable them
to think logically about concrete events
-a type of reasoning in which general principles are
inductive logic inferred from specific experiences
-specific to general
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Terms in this set (243)
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to about 2
years of age) during which infants know the world
sensorimotor stage
mostly in terms of their sensory impressions and
motor activities
Ages birth-1 month
First Substage of the
infants learn to comprehend their environment
Sensorimotor Stage
through inborn reflexes
Ages 1-4 months
primary circular reactions babies begin to coordinate their physical sensations
with new schemas
mental constructs or concepts representing elements
schema
of the environment into a category or class
Ages 4-8 months
Secondary Circular
Actions aimed at repeating interesting effects in the
Reactions
surrounding world; imitation of familiar behaviors
Ages 8-12 months. Babies imitate others' behaviors,
Coordination of Reactions behave intentionally, understand that unseen things
exist. Beginning of object permanence.
Ages 12-18 months. Trial and error. Testing for
tertiary circular reactions
reactions.
, Ages 18-24 months. Understanding not only through
Early Representational
actions but through mental processes, represent
Thought
objects and events with symbols.
the understanding that objects continue to exist even
object permanence
when out of view
assimilation when we fit something new into an existing schema
adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to
accommodation
incorporate new information
adaptation a combination of assimilation and accommodation
the principle (which Piaget believed to be a part of
concrete operational reasoning) that properties such
conservation
as mass, volume, and number remain the same despite
changes in the forms of objects
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7
years of age) during which a child learns to use
preoperational stage
language but does not yet comprehend the mental
operations of concrete logic
self-centered
egocentric preoperational children cannot adopt another's point
of view
assigning human qualities, feelings, and actions to
Animism
inanimate objects
Attributing cause and effect relationships between
magical thinking own feelings, thoughts, and environmental events
where none exists.
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
concrete operational (from about 6 or 7 to 11 years of age) during which
stage children gain the mental operations that enable them
to think logically about concrete events
-a type of reasoning in which general principles are
inductive logic inferred from specific experiences
-specific to general
