Terms
Development
Development
Theoretical issues
Evaluation
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deferred imitation
Children imitate actions several hours or days after observing them.
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The ability to think abstractly and systematically solve problems emerges during the ________.
formal operations
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Piaget believed that children in the preoperational stage have difficulty taking the perspective of another person. This is known as _________.
egocentrism
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What are the five characteristics of Piaget's stage theory?
1. unfold in an invariant sequence 2. describe qualitatively different patterns 3. refer to general properties of thought 4. represent hierarchic integrations 5. culturally universal
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schemes (textbook definition)
action pattern for dealing with the environment
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Children begin to develop symbols to represent events or objects in the world during the ______ period.
sensorimotor intelligence (stage 6)
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A young child might be heard saying, "The moon is smiling at me." The child's belief that the moon has "human" qualities and is capable of action is referred to as ________.
animism
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According to Piaget, why is the environment partly important?
1. It interests children, which motivates children to learn. 2. It places children in a stage of conflict.
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invariant sequence
the same order (It is used to describe children follow the developmental stages in the same order.)
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Randall's father gives him a golf club and a golf ball. Randall, who has never seen a golf club, begins to swing it like a baseball bat, then like a tennis racket. After a while, Randall realizes that he must swing the club toward the ground in order to hit the ball. Randall's modification of the way he swings the golf club is an example of ______.
accommodation
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Tyrell understands that his father can also be a son and a brother, all at the same time. This suggests that Tyrell is in the _______ period.
concrete operations
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Piaget's stages represent hierarchic integrations. What does it mean?
That means the lower stages do not disappear but bland into new broader frameworks.
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moral heteronomy
a conception of rules in which children believe that rules are from powerful adults and should be followed.
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Fred is smarter than Jeff; Fred is not as smart as Debbie. Who is the smartest of the three, or is it impossible to tell? If a child can give the correct answer this hypothetical question without knowing the above mentioned children but just thinking about it, that child has reached the stage of ________.
formal operations
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In what period do children start to use symbols?
Period I. Sensorimotor intelligence
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What would Piaget think in the following situation? Parents try to teach a 5-year-old girl subtraction using workbook and worksheets.
He would disagree with this method. For a five-year-old child, they learn primarily through direct sensory contact. Therefore, the materials are not suitable for this period child. In addition, learning subtraction is beyond her cognitive development.
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How would Piaget explain the situation in which a person failed to reach the highest stage of formal operations?
Formal operational thinking is area-specific. People employ the highest stage of thinking primarily in their areas of strongest interest.
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operations
internalzied mental actions
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To understand the relationships among relatives on a family tree, children need to be able to use the concept of _____.
classification
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Young children can go from riding a big wheel to riding a tricycle with no problem. What biological tendency do children use in this situation?
assimilation
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What is the major difference between Piaget and Rousseau's philosophies of education?
Rousseau did not believe the impact of social interactions while Piaget saw much greater educational value in social interactions.
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