Swiss Psychologist that created the Cognitive Development
Jean Piaget
building blocks of knowledge/ index card
Schema
taking in new knowledge
Assimilation
altering/modifying existing knowledge
Accommodation
the process of achieving balance between assimilation and accommodation
Equilibrium
Stages of the Cognitive Development
Sensori Motor
Pre Operational
Concrete Operational
Formal Operational
Key concepts in sensori motor
Object Permanence - object continue to exist even when hidden
Key concepts in Pre Operational
- Egocentrism - inability to differentiate between self and others
- Animism - treat anianimate objects as persons
- Reversibility - objects and numbers can change and return to its original state
- Conservation - logical thinking that allows child to know that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment in container shape
Key concepts in Concrete Operational
- Deductive logic - general to specific, difficulty in abstract
Key concepts in Formal Operational
- Analytical thinking, hypothetical thinking, understanding and abstract thinking.
He created the Moral Development Stages
Lawrence Kohlberg
3 levels of the Moral Development (it is comprised of 6 stages broken down into 2 stages per level)
Pre Conventional
Conventional
Post Conventional
Stages in the Pre Conventional Level of the Moral Development
- Punishment/Obedience - Orientation
2. Mutual Benefit/ Instrumental Relativist - “rewards orientaion”
Stages in the Conventional Level of the Moral Development
- Social Approval - good boy/girl orientation
2. Law and Order - authority orientation
Stages in the Post Conventional Level of the Moral Development
- Social Contract
2. Universal ethical - people achieving justice, equality and human rights
