Summary: Prenatal, Infant And Toddler Development
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Exam 4
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Who thinks cognitive development occurs as child’s mind forms psychological structures and modifies them to fit with external reality
Piaget -
Cognition develops in similar ways at about the same ages
Stage Theory -
Children ACTIVELY construct their knowledge
Constructivist Approach -
Psychological structures or organized ways of making sense of experiences
Schemes
(changes with age) -
Process of building/refining schemes through interaction with the environment (assimilation and accommodation)
Adaptation -
External world is interpreted in terms of current schemes (absorbed)Ex. dog scheme: four legs, two, ears, and a tail
Assimilation -
Create new schemes or adjust old schemes to better fit the environment (change scheme)Ex. Horse Scheme: four legs, two ears, a tail, AND HOOVES
Accommodation -
Assimilation or Accommodation?One-year-old Tori holds the remote control to her ear like a telephone
Assimilation -
Assimilation or Accommodation?At 2, Tori realized the remote control doesn't ring and no voices come from it. Tori no longer holds the remote control to her ear.
Accommodation -
Internal rearrangement and linking of schemes to form an interconnection cognitive system
Organization
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