Thinking About Psychology: Pg. 198-203

A subfield of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

• Developmental Psychology

• Cognition

• Schemas

All mental processes associated with thinking, knowing, and remembering.

• Cognition

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

Concepts or mental frameworks that organize and interpret information.

• Schemas

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

Interpreting new experience in terms of existing schemas

• Cognition

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

Adapting current schemas to incorporate new information.

• Developmental Psychology

• Cognition

• Accommodation

______'s Stages of Cognitive Development

A toddler pulling on the pant leg of an adult to indicate he or she wants food is an example of ______.

• schema

• assimilation

• accommodation

Fill in the blank for the example on page 199:

1. 1. Two year old Jocelyn has learned the ​ (a)   for dog from her picture books.

2. 2. Jocelyn sees a cat and calls it a "dog". She is trying to ​ (b)   this new animal into an existing schema. Her mother tells her "No, that's a cat".

3. 3. Jocelyn ​ (c)   her schema for her four-legged animals and continues to modify that schema to include different kinds of dogs and cats in the neighborhood.

• schema
• assimilate
• accommodates

Name the Stage of Cognitive Development:

Ages 0-2: Experiencing the world through senses and actions.

Name the Stage of Development:

Ages 2-6: Representing things with words and images but lacking logical reasoning.