Infancy and Childhood - Cognitive development of infants

10 important questions on Infancy and Childhood - Cognitive development of infants

What are the 3 things that Piaget introduced?

Schema, assimilation, accomodation

What happened/develops at preoperational stage?

Pretend play, egocentrism, language development

What happened/develops at concrete operational stage?

Conservation, mathematical transformations
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What happened/develops at formal operational stage?

Abstract logic, potential for moral reasoning

What is the preoperational stage about?

Representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning

What is the concrete operational stage about?

Thinking logically about concrete events, grasping concrete analogies and performing arithmetical operations

Who had an alternative viewpoint from Piaget?

Vygotsky

What was Vygotsky's viewpoint? And how did it happen?

By age 7, increasingly able to think in words and solve problems with words. By internalising the culture's language and relying on inner speech.

What did Vygotsky believe in? (when a child talks loudly)

Helps control behaviour and emotions to master a new skill

How did Piaget differ from Vygotsky?

Piaget: Focused on interaction with physical environment and has stage 1 to 4


Vygotsky: Focused on language, interaction with social environment.
- Believed that when parents give children new words, it leads to a higher level of thinking in children

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