Proposed the most influential single theory of cognitive development
Who is Piaget
100
The process of taking in knowledge or skills from the social contexts in which they are observed
What is internalization
100
Not a theory but an approach to cognitive development
What is information processing
100
The earliest postnatal step in language acquisition
What is cooing
100
Cognitive frameworks that provide a way to understand and organize new knowledge
What is schema
200
What is balancing of cognitive structures with the needs of the environment
What is equilibration
200
The difference between a child's level of performance and the level of performance a child can reach with expert guidance.
What is Zone of Proximal Development
200
The ability to understand written and spoken material in some detail and at varied levels
What is verbal comprehension
200
Speech that uses simple syntax in utterances of tow or three words that impart simple meaning
What is telegraphic speech
200
The realization that an object continues to be present when it is not immediately visible (hide and seek)
What is object permanence
300
Four stages of cognitive development
What is sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational
300
Competent assistance or support, usually provided by a parent or teacher
What is scaffolding
300
A memory strategy in which a person either mentally, or aloud, recites information over and over again
What is rehersal
300
The infant begins to loose the ability to spontaneously make sounds outside his or her own language system.
What is babbling
300
When the child makes this error in language they may say "fruit" only when talking about a banana
What is underextension
400
Recognizing that even when the physical appearance of something changes, its underlying quantity remains the same
What is conservation
400
A neo-Piagetian that believed that development occurs largely from the outside, inward.
Who is Vygotsky
400
Seeks to understand cognitive development in terms of how people of various ages process information and represent it mentally
Who are information theorist
400
Any man would be called Dada if the child is making what kind of error
What is overextension
400
Communication that is centered on self without understanding how other people perceive a situation
What is egocentric
500
The child attempts to fit new information into schemas he or she has already formed. The child creates new schemas to organize information that he or she can not put into an existing schema.
What is assimilation and accomodation
500
The theory that says that children watch the interactions between the people in their world, interact with others themselves, and use these interactions to further their own development.
What is Sociocultural theory
500
Cognitive processes needs to be studied in two ways
What is domain specific and domain general
500
The Five key properties that make a language
What is communication, arbitrariness, meaningful structure, multiplicity of structure, productivity
500
Three major approaches to cognitive development
What is Piaget, Vygotsky, and information processing