Vocabulary
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Pre-Operational Stage
Concrete Operational Stage
100

Creator of cognitive development theory.

Who is Jean Piaget?

100

When a child encounters a new object, they learn by using their senses to create object permanence.

What is the sensory-motor stage?
100

People learn in 1 of the following 2 ways:
(both start with "a")

What are "assimilation" and "accommodation?''

100

Define animism.

What is giving human attributes to inanimate objects?

100

This stage starts at age __ and ends at age __.

What are 7 and 11?

200

Define cognition.

What is the mental process by which knowledge is acquired?

200
A person can answer "how" and "why" questions. The stage of abstract reasoning.

What is the formal operational stage?

200

Order the following processes of question & answer:

Cognition

Response

Stimulus

What is

Stimulus -> Cognition -> Response

200

_______ development is an important step during this stage.

What is language?

200

The word concrete in this stage refers to what is ______ (touched, seen, experienced).

What is tangible?

300

Define stimulus.

What is the question?

300

The stage in which children start to reason deductively.

What is the concrete operational stage?

300
There are __ stages of cognitive development.

What is 4?

300

At this stage, children can answer "what" but not "___" questions.

What is "why"?

300

Children become ________ aware in this stage. (aware of their own/feelings of others)

What is emotionally?

400

Define assimilation.

What is fitting new information into already existing schema?

400

The stage in which children gain an understanding of the past/future.

What is the pre-operational stage?

400

Cognition is ___________ (developed over time).

What is developmental?

400

Children in this stage rely on what they think is right, a.k.a. their_______.

What is intuition?

400

Children begin to reason _________ during this stage.

What is deductively?

500

Define accommodation.

What is adjusting schema to fit new situations?

500

In this stage, children can answer "what" but not "why" questions.

What is the pre-operational stage?

500

Two things play a role in cognitive development:

________ and ___________

What are environment and genetics?

500

The pre-operational stage is from age __ to age __.

What is 2-6?

500

Children begin to think sequentially during this phase. What does this mean?

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