PSY2105- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 64 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 2105
• Professor: Julie Desjardins

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Chapter 8: cognitive development: the piagetian and vygotskyian approaches. Learning objective 8. 1: define the concepts from biology that piaget used to explain cognitive development and evaluate his theory of stages. Learning objective 8. 2: trace the substages and benchmarks of the sensorimotor period in child development. Learning objective 8. 3: ide(cid:374)tif(cid:455) so(cid:373)e stre(cid:374)gths a(cid:374)d li(cid:373)itatio(cid:374)s of preoperatio(cid:374)al thought i(cid:374) (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)(cid:859)s cognitive development. Learning objective 8. 4: analyze the cognitive task masteries that characterize concrete operational thought. Learning objective 8. 5: explain the characteristics and outcomes of formal operations compared with concrete operations. Learning objective 8. 6: explain the ge(cid:374)eral (cid:272)hara(cid:272)teristi(cid:272)s of piaget(cid:859)s theor(cid:455) a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)aluate the theor(cid:455) overall. Learning objective 8. 7: dis(cid:272)uss a(cid:374)d des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e (cid:373)ore re(cid:272)e(cid:374)t resear(cid:272)h of (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t that has (cid:271)ee(cid:374) i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) piaget(cid:859)s (cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e-developmental approach. Learning objective 8. 8: analyse the three main themes on which sociocultural approaches to development are based. Learning objective 8. 9: compare and contrast the theories of piaget and vygotsky on the role of language in cognitive development.