PSYC 333 Exam 2 – Psychology course exam material
genetic epistemology - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Piaget, experimental study of the
development of knowledge
scheme - correct answer ✔✔pattern of thought or action that one constructs to interpret an
aspect of an experience
adaptation - correct answer ✔✔adjusting to the demands of the environment
assimilation - correct answer ✔✔interpreting new experiences and including them into existing
schemes
accommodation - correct answer ✔✔opposite of assimilation: modifying existing schemes for
new experiences
Sensorimotor Stage - correct answer ✔✔birth to 2 years: rely on behavioral schemes to explore
the environment
deferred imitation - correct answer ✔✔ability to imitate action previously seen
object permanence - correct answer ✔✔realization that objects still exist even when they are
not readily available
A-not-B error - correct answer ✔✔8-12 month olds looking for an object in the last place they
saw it even after they have seen it move
Preoperational Period - correct answer ✔✔2-7 years old: children start to think at a symolic
level, a word represents something
, representational insight - correct answer ✔✔knowledge that a word or object can represent
soemthing
animism - correct answer ✔✔attributing life and lifelike features to inanimate objects
egocentrism - correct answer ✔✔viewing life from your perspective while failing to see others
conservation - correct answer ✔✔Blue water in tall vs. short glass
Concrete operational stage - correct answer ✔✔7-11 years old: acquiring cognitive operations,
thinking more logically
horizontal decelage - correct answer ✔✔children's uneven ability in cognitive performance
Formal Operation stage - correct answer ✔✔11-12 years old: rational thinking about abstract
concepts
ontogenetic development - correct answer ✔✔development over one's lifetime
microgenetic development - correct answer ✔✔developmental periods over short periods of
time: days, hours, seconds, etc.
phylogenetic development - correct answer ✔✔development over evolutionary time
sociohistorical development - correct answer ✔✔changes in one's culture
genetic epistemology - correct answer ✔✔Developed by Piaget, experimental study of the
development of knowledge
scheme - correct answer ✔✔pattern of thought or action that one constructs to interpret an
aspect of an experience
adaptation - correct answer ✔✔adjusting to the demands of the environment
assimilation - correct answer ✔✔interpreting new experiences and including them into existing
schemes
accommodation - correct answer ✔✔opposite of assimilation: modifying existing schemes for
new experiences
Sensorimotor Stage - correct answer ✔✔birth to 2 years: rely on behavioral schemes to explore
the environment
deferred imitation - correct answer ✔✔ability to imitate action previously seen
object permanence - correct answer ✔✔realization that objects still exist even when they are
not readily available
A-not-B error - correct answer ✔✔8-12 month olds looking for an object in the last place they
saw it even after they have seen it move
Preoperational Period - correct answer ✔✔2-7 years old: children start to think at a symolic
level, a word represents something
, representational insight - correct answer ✔✔knowledge that a word or object can represent
soemthing
animism - correct answer ✔✔attributing life and lifelike features to inanimate objects
egocentrism - correct answer ✔✔viewing life from your perspective while failing to see others
conservation - correct answer ✔✔Blue water in tall vs. short glass
Concrete operational stage - correct answer ✔✔7-11 years old: acquiring cognitive operations,
thinking more logically
horizontal decelage - correct answer ✔✔children's uneven ability in cognitive performance
Formal Operation stage - correct answer ✔✔11-12 years old: rational thinking about abstract
concepts
ontogenetic development - correct answer ✔✔development over one's lifetime
microgenetic development - correct answer ✔✔developmental periods over short periods of
time: days, hours, seconds, etc.
phylogenetic development - correct answer ✔✔development over evolutionary time
sociohistorical development - correct answer ✔✔changes in one's culture
