What are the central properties of Piaget’s stage theory?
Qualitative change: Piaget believed that children of different ages think in qualitatively different ways.
Broad applicability: The type of thinking characteristic of each stage influences children’s thinking across diverse topics and contexts
Brief transitions
Invariant sequence: everyone progresses through the stages in the same order without skipping any of them
What is deferred imitation?
The repetition of other people’s behavior a substantial time after it originally occurred
What is symbolic representation?
The use of one object to stand for another
Ex. Using a banana as a phone
What is task analysis?
The research technique used in information-processing theories of specifying the goals, obstacles to their realization, and potential solution
What is a computer simulation?
A type of mathematical model that expresses ideas about mental processes in precise ways
What is problem-solving?
The process of attaining a goal by using a strategy to overcome an obstacle
What is rehearsal?
The process of repeating information multiple times to aid memory of it
What is selective attention?
The process of intentionally focusing on the information that is most relevant to the current goal
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Chapter 1 Lecture38
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Chapter 1 Textbook45
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Chapter 2 Teratogens Lecture22
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Lesson 2.1 Textbook33
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Prenatal Learning Lecture13
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Chapter 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 Textbook19
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Ch 2. The Newborn Lecture13
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Chapter 3 Nature and Nurture Lecture57
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Chapter 3 Textbook47
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Chapter 4 Piaget Lecture21
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Chapter 4 Textbook9
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Chapter 4 Information-Processing Theory & Dynamic Systems Lecture18
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Chapter 4: Sociocultural Theories17
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Chapter 4 Core Knowledge Theories10
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Chapter 5 Perceptual Development46
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Chapter 5 Learning21
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Chapter 5 Motor Development17
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Chapter 6: Language Development45
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Chapter 6: Theories of Language Development28
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Chapter 7: Conceptual Development46
