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the second stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive
development; this stage begins around age 2, as
preoperational stage children start to talk, and lasts until approximately age
7; during this stage, children begin to engage in
symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols.
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
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
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development
(normally beginning about age 12) during which
formal operational stage
people begin to think logically about abstract
concepts
attempts to explain personality, motivation, and
psychoanalytic theory mental disorders by focusing on unconscious
determinants of behavior
, behavior is guided exclusively by hereditary factors,
but certain behaviors will not manifest themselves
until the necessary stimuli are present in the
maturationist theory
environment; also suggests that neural development
must reach a certain level of maturity for the behavior
to unfold.
the approach that emphasizes how cognitive
sociocultural theory development proceeds as a result of social
interactions between members of a culture
a theory that considers the outward behavior of
behavioral theory
students to be the main target for change.
children construct an understanding of their world
constructivist theory
based on observations of the effects of their behavior
the Individualized Education Program, also called the
IEP, is a document that is developed for each public
IEP
school child who needs special education; the IEP is
created through a team effort, reviewed periodically
manipulative area of involve moving or using an object with the hands or
development feet to achieve a goal or complete a task
perceptual area of allow children to fully explore their environment and
development interact with people and objects
how children gain control over their physical actions
physical area of
to do complicated and difficult activities more
development
skillfully and easily
social area of the process by which a child learns to interact with
development others around them
cognitive developmental theory which describes
"ages and stages" components that predicts what
piagetian theory of
children can and cannot understand at different ages,
development
and a theory of development that describes how
children develop cognitive abilities