Cognitive Theorists Review

This researcher defined cognitive develpment and how kids learn

• Erik Erikson

• Lawrence Kohlberg

• Jean Piaget

• Sigmund Freud

This theorist studied the emotional development of man. His 8 theories include: Trust vs. Mistrust, and Autonomy vs. Doubt.

• Erik Erikson

• Arnold Gesell

• Jean Piaget

• Abraham Maslow

What is the Definition of Cognition in this chapter?

• Lack of Thought or inhibited thought

• The ability to judge well

• The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.

• anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen

What is the order of the 4 Stages of Cognitive Development?

• Sensorimotor, Formal Operations, Preoperational, Concrete Operational

• Formal Operations, Concrete Operational, Sensorimotor, Preoperational

• Formal Operations, Concrete Operational, Preoperational, Sensorimotor

• Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, Formal Operations

What are 2 of Piaget's principles of his theory?

• Children are not energetic learners

• Interaction with other people is crucial

• Children adapt to new information.

• The process of equilibration generates increasingly advanced thinking.

• Children do not organize what they learn into cohesive understandings

In which stage does object permanence occur?

• Preoperational

• Sensorimotor

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational

In which stage does egocentrism occur?

• Sensorimotor

• Formal Operational

• Concrete Operational

• Preoperational

What ideas do children in the Concrete Operational Stage have a hard time understanding?

• Logical

• Abstract or hypothetical

• Innate

• Cookie Cutter

Piaget suggested that adolescent idealism reflects....

• understand the nature of proportions and correctly use them when working on problems.

• becoming capable of dealing with increasingly complex conservation tasks

• the recognition that an object can belong both to a particular category and to one of its subcategories simultaneously.

• an inability to separate abstractions from practical considerations and the perspectives of others

Vygotsky would expect a child to understand his or her role in the scaffolding process.

• True

• False