PSYC 3404 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Deductive Reasoning, Object Permanence, Naturalistic Observation

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3404
• Professor: Ann Blumer

Document Summary

Ch 5 study guide: cognitive development piaget and vygotsky. Cognitive development: growth and change in intellectual capabilities and corresponding behavioral changes. Piaget"s stages: (for each, know what ages correspond to the stage and be able to generally describe what is characteristic of a child in each stage in terms of his or her cognitive abilities) Preoperational: from age 2-7, ability for symbolic thinking grows, mental reasoning emerges, use of conceptions increases. Concrete operational: from age 7-12, ability to use logical reasoning but only dealing with concreate situations, one they can manipulate physically. Formal operational: from age 12-15, gradually develop ability to use hypothetical-deductive reasoning, extend to abstract logical thinking. Schemes (schema): an organized pattern of sensorimotor functioning. Assimilation: the process in which people understand an experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking. Accommodation: changes in existing ways of thinking that occur in response to encounters with new stimuli or events.