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Growth & Development
Chapters 1-7
Question | Answer |
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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 |