AP Psych - Unit 6 - Developmental Psychology

The four stages of Piaget's cognitive development (in order) are:

• Sensory-motor, pre-operational, formal operational, concrete operational.

• Sensory-motor, formal operational, concrete operational, optional.

• Sensory-motor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational.

• Sensory-motor, abstract operational, logical operational, formal operational.

Object permanence can be defined as:

• Pieces of information continuing to be remembered.

• Events and ideas being permanently engrained in the mind.

• Objects continuing to exist even after they have left our perception.

• Believing you can see things that are not there.

The key feature of the 'pre-operational stage' is:

• Thinking logically

• Thinking in operational format

• Being egocentric

• Seeing things from others points of view

The concrete operational stage occurs in what age bracket?

• Birth - 2

• 7 - 11 years

• 11+ years

• 2 - 7 years

The two key characteristics of the concrete operational stage (7 - 11 years) are:

• Conservation and classifying

• Classifying and concentration

• Conservation and concentration

• Classifying and categorising

Two key features of formal operational stage (11+) are:

• Abstract and logical thinking

• Concentrated and logical thinking

• Conservation and abstract thinking

• Logical and conservational thinking

Which of these are criticisms/weaknesses of Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development?

• Some babies/younger children have shown higher levels of cognitive development but are generalised by the theory.

• Theory fails to distinguish between 'competence' and 'performance'.

• Gives insufficient attention to social influences on performance.

• Children don't gain conservation until much later ages.

These are concepts or frameworks that organize and interpret information.

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

• Crystallized Intelligence

• Schema

Taking in new information and fitting it into existing schemas

• Crystallized intelligence

• Fluid intelligence

• Assimilation

• Accommodation

Changing and revising existing schema in face of new experiences or new information.

• Crystallized intelligence

• Fluid intelligence

• Assimilation

• Accommodation