Piaget/Logical Operations
How many stages does Piaget's theory have?
Four
"If an elephant is a bird, then an elephant can?"
Fly
What skill do adults know that came from automatization during childhood?
Times tables
What is Piaget's concrete operational stage characterized by?
New logical abilities
Children don't just learn through maturations they also learn through?
When an child says "good morning" and "thank you" what skill are they using?
Automatization
Children understand their experiences and observations, not?
Abstractions/ abstract ideas
What concept refers to learning that occurs through collaboration with others that are more knowledgeable?
Guided participation
If a child is learning to run, we can presume they already know how to do?
Walk
A child is learning to arrange their toys from shortest to tallest and is beginning to understand how numbers fit onto a number line. What specific cognitive milestone of the concrete operational stage does this represent?
Seriation
Vygotsky emphasized that the lessons children learn are not simply a result of biological maturation. What factor did he identify as the primary driver of variation in these lessons?
Social and environmental context
Failure to repeatedly use certain neural pathways leads to what neurological outcome?
Atrophy
Which logical operation involves the ability to organize items into hierarchal structure based on shared characteristics?
Classification
Although often associated with classrooms, Vygotsky viewed this as only one of many "arenas" for guided participation.
School
Scientists understand learning better by tracing these between cognitive functions.
Paths and links