Cognitive Development



This document contains protected information. You may not upload, copy, or share these notes (complete or incomplete) with any organization, company, or person who is not currently enrolled in the course without the written consent of the instructor. Violators may be sanctioned.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Cognitive Development ? Lecture Goals ??? Introduce Developmental Psychology ??? Introduce Jean Piaget's idea ??? Introduce Cognitive Development ? Corresponding Readings ??? Module 14, pages 184-194 (Modules 15-1 through 15-3) ? Who was Jean Piaget ??? A biologist ??? An observant father ??? His goal was description ??? Greatly influenced research about cognitive development ??? Misunderstood ? ? Jean Piaget's Ideas Children grow up in a complex world ??? Goal of learning = ___________________________________ ??? Cognitive abilities grow ______________________________ ??? Quantity and __________ of thought change with development ??? Concepts defined by __________________ ??????? By what can and can't be done to an object ??? Activity schemas grow from __________________ ??????? rooting &?mouth ??????? palmar & grasping ??????? stepping & feet ? ??? Activity schemas develop as we gain ________________________ ? ? ??? 2 Types of Learning: ??????? Assimilation ??????? Accommodation ? ????Assimilation = ___________________________________________________ ????????Notice things share the same properties??____ is like a ____ / ____ is another example of a ___ ? ?????????Promotes overgeneralizations ? ?????????Example ?????????????"dog" = 4-legged animal ?????????????Sees cow and calls it a "dog" ?????????????Cow assimilated into existing schema for 4 legged animals ('dog') ? ? ??? Accommodation = ______________________________________________ ??????????? Captures distinctions ?????????Example ??????????? Mom says animal is a "cow" not a "dog" ??????????? Child __________ "dog" schema ? Child __________ "cow" schemaPiaget's Stages of Development ??? 4 stages ??????? Each stage characterized by cognitive gains and limitations ??????? Rough age guidelines, but set order Sensorimotor (0 - 2) ????????Preoperational (2 - 6) ????????Concrete Operational (7 to 11) ????????Formal Operational (12 - adult) ? ??? Sensorimotor (0 - 2) ??????? Thought dominated by _______________________________________ ??????? "Little Experimenters" ??????? Thought limited to _______________________________ ? ??????? Object permanence issues ??????????? Out of sight _________________ ??????????? Peek a boo ??????????? Watch and hat story ? ??????? Age 1 - 2 begin to use language ??????????? = first steps in _____________________________________ ? ? ??? Preoperational (2 - 6) ??????? Child has learned ______________________________ ??????? Child learns language (symbol use) ??????? Gains in memory ??????? Child begins to use mental ________________________________ ??????? Child does NOT understand mental _________________________ ??????? Child considers only 1 of many dimensions/points of view (e.g., picture game) ? ??????? Egocentrism issues ?? = ______________________________________ ??????????????? 3 mountains task ??????????????? Pile of blocks task ??????????????? Board game task ??????????????? Juice box task ? ??????? Conservation issues (reversible operations)? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ??????? Seriation issues (can’t put objects in order) ? ? ??? Concrete Operational (7 - 11) ??????? Can think logically about real objects __________________________________ ????????Can solve conservation problems ????????Can adopt _________________________ ????????Can consider multiple dimensions at same time ????????Can order objects on feature ? ??????? Child can NOT apply logic to _____________________________ ? ? ? ??? Formal Operational (12 - adult) ??????? Can apply logic to _____________________________ ????????Can make abstract logical predictions ????????Capable of mature moral reasoning ................
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