Definitions
Piaget's Theory (Name the stage)
Mystery
100
A basic unit of knowledge that takes the form of a pattern of action, an image of an object, or a complex idea.
What is a schema?
100
The stage in which children do not have conservation skills; characterized by intuitive guesses.
What is preoperational development?
100
Mental representations of common cultural activities.
What are scripts?
200
Piaget's first stage of cognitive development. (Infant's mental activity is confined to sensory and motor functions, i.e, looking and reading)
What is the sensorimotor period?
200
Stage in which infants progress, mental activity is confined to sensory and motor functions.
What is sensorimotor development?
200
Approach by which children are viewed as better able to absorb, remember, and store information in more organized ways as they age.
What is the information-processing approach?
300
Piaget's second stage of cognitive development. (Ages 2-7, children learn to use symbols, allowing them to talk, pretend, and draw)
What is preoperational period?
300
Stage during which abstract thinking occurs; however children can not think logically about abstract concepts.
What is concrete operational thought?
300
She tested infants knowledge about objects through measuring the amount of time they spent observing an event.
Who is Renee Baillargeon?
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