Learning Theory
Who is "the Father of Cognitive Development?"
Jean Piaget
What age is the Sensory Motor stage present?
Birth-two years
What is assimilation?
Fitting information into an already existing schema.
What is object permanence?
The realization that an object exists independently of their perception of it. (Sensory Motor stage)
What age is the Concrete Operational stage present in?
Ages 7-11
What is the process between a stimulus and a response called?
Cognition (the Thought Process)
What is learned during the Sensory Motor stage?
Mastery of concrete objects
What is accomodation?
Adjusting schema to fit new situations or demands.
What is animism?
When children (ages 2-6) assign human qualities to inanimate objects.
What is learned during the Formal Operational stage?
Mastery of thought.
What is a reflex?
A simple block of cognition that helps infants adapt.
What does a child rely on to answer a question during the Pre-Operational stage?
Intiution
What is a teacher's role in a learner-centered education?
That of the facilitator.
What is a stimulus and a response?
The question and the answer
What is deductive reasoning?
Forming of a premise to a logical conclusion.
What is a schema?
Reflexes categorized like a computer does with data.
Language development improves what kinds of thoughts?
Symbolic
What is equilibration?
A balance between the learner and his/her environment.
What is egocentrism?
Seeing the world in terms of themselves. (Brother, Sister)
During what stage can a person do mental manipulations and hypothesize?
Formal Operational Stage
What are operations?
Logical thought processes
What kinds of questions can children answer during the Pre-Operational stage?
"What" but not "Why"
What is the "readiness approach?"
Children cannot learn something until maturation gives them the ability
What is metacognitive thinking?
Being aware of one's own thinking processes
Explain conservation, seriation, and classification.
Physical properties remain the same regardless of outward appearance, putting things in order, categorization.