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Chaper 6: Covnitive
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development | Schema, Assimilation, and accommodation |
| Schemes | Actions or mental representations that organize knowledge |
| Assimilation | Add new information to existing schema |
| Accommodation | Canât add new information, so make a new schema to fit |
| Sensorimotor stage | Circular reactions (0-2 yrs) |
| Circular reactions | Primary, secondary, tertiary |
| Object permanence | Understanding that things can exist even when they canât be seen, heard, or touched. A-not-b Error |
| A-not-B error | |
| Allocentric view | Having oneâs interest and attention centered on another person. |
| Preoperational Stage | Advances in thought Use symbols Empathy |
| Theory of mind | The cognitive ability to attribute mental states of others by readin social cues |
| Centration | A cognitive stage where children focus on one aspect of an object or situation, ignoring others. |
| Egocentrism | The quality of being self-centered |
| Animism | The attribution of a soul to plants, inanimate objects, and natural phenomena. |
| Concrete operational stage | Advance in thought Conversation and decetering, cause and effect, categorization. |
| Conservation | Prevention of wasteful use of a resource |
| Formal operational stage | Hypothetical-deductive reasoning |
| Hypothetical-deductive reasoning | |
| Elkind | |
| immature aspects of adolescent thought (Elkind) | Adolescent egocentrism, Imaginary audience, Personal fables, Apparent hypocrisy |
| Imaginaryn audience | |
| Personal fable | |
| Apparent hypocrisy | |
| Vygotskys Theory of Cognitive Development | Contextual approach Cildren actively construct their knowledge and understanding (Zone of proximal development (ZPD), Scaffolding) |
| Zone of proximal development (ZPD) | |
| Scaffolding | |
| Postformal thought | Relativitic thinking, Shifting gears, pragmatis, awareness of paradox. |
| Relativistic thinking | |
| Shifiting gears | |
| Pragmatism | |
| Awareness of Paradox |