Cognitive Development

This idea is why peek-a-boo works with babies

• Imprinting
• Representational thought
• Accomodation
• Object Permanance

How new ideas fit into existing schemas

• Conservation
• Accomodation
• Assimilation
• Schema

Understanding that quantity stays the same despite the shape.

• Object permanence
• Conservation
• egocentrism
• Schema

An infant who has developed object permanence...

• is attached to specific objects, such as a blanket.
• will see all objects as being the same.
• knows that an object, such as a rattle, exists even if it is not in view.
• cries when a wanted object is taken away.

According to Piaget, children come to understand that the volume of a substance remains constant despite changes in its shape during the ________ stage.

• sensorimotor
• preoperational
• concrete operational
• formal operational

According to Piaget, during the formal operational stage people begin to:

• reason abstractly
• adhere to social norms
• distinguish between good and bad behaviors
• become aware of the positive and negative consequences of their own behaviors

Cindy understands her world primarily by grasping and sucking easily available objects. Cindy is clearly in Piaget's ________ stage

• preoperational
• concrete operational
• sensorimotor
• formal operational

What is the first stage of Piaget's cognitive development?

• Preoperational
• Sensorimotor 
• Formal operational
• Concrete operational

During the preoperational stage...

• children begin to use logic
• focuses on motor skills
• the adolescent gains ability to formulate complicated verbal arguments
• intense language learning takes place