CFD 1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Lev Vygotsky, Information Processing, Object Permanence

• School: UCM
• Department: Child and Family Development
• Course: CFD 1010
• Professor: Frank R Peterson

Document Summary

Chapter 6- cognitive development in infancy and toddlerhood. Remember: what cognitive development theories do you remember from the first couple of weeks of class, jean piaget, information processing, lev vygotsky. Piaget"s cognitive-developmental theory: sensorimotor stage, piaget"s first stage, first two years of life, schemes change with age, first schemes, sensorimotor action patterns, later schemes, evidence of thinking before acting. Building schemes: adaptation, building schemes through direct interaction with environment, assimilation, using current schemes to interpret external world, accommodation, creating new schemes and adjusting old ones to better fit environment. Sensorimotor stage: birth to age 2 years, divided into six sub-stages, building schemes through sensory and motor exploration, circular reaction: stumbling onto a new experience caused by the baby"s own motor activity. Sensorimotor sub-stage: reflexive schemes, primary circular reactions, secondary circular reactions, coordination of secondary circular reactions, tertiary circular reactions, mental representation.