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Growth & Development
Chapters 1-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why are theories useful to researchers and educators? | They help explain a body of data and make predictions about future behaviors. |
| The four periods of development are segmented based on: | The age of the children |
| What are Piaget's stages of Cognitive Development? | Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Operational, and Formal Operational |
| Sensorimotor | The child knows the world through their actions (i.e.sucking, throwing, pounding)They know what they see, out of sight out of mind |
| Preoperational | Uses symbols, such as pretending and language, but thinkin relies on appearances. They may believe that they can "catch up" to a sibling in age, or may confuse past/future |
| Operational | Able to think about and reverse actions mentally, as long as they have personally experience/dealt with the object |
| Formal Operational | Mental operations on abstract ideas and objects that are imagined- not ecountered personally |
| Prenatal Period | Conception--> birth |
| Infancy | birth-->2 |
| Early Childhood | 2-->6 |
| Middle Childhood | 6-->11 |
| Adolescence | 11-->20+ |
| Issue: Shape of Development |
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