Crash Course Knowledge 18

Developmental psychology is how we

• learn to get along with others in society

• grow into who we are

Cognitive development refers to how people...

• learn to use different mental processes properly

• learn psychology by studying children

• learn how to break dance

• become physically capable of moving their bodies with precision

Schemas are…

• mental frameworks that help us interpret information

• structural differences found in the brain due to neglect

When you adjust your schema, this is known as…

• assimilation

• accommodation

Babies think when they can't see something, it no longer exists. This is because they lack…

• spatial reasoning skills

• concepts of conversation

• object permanence

Object permanence is one of

• the major milestones of the preoperational stage

• the major milestones of the sensorimotor stage

How many stages did Piaget's model contain?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

The difference between Piaget's theory and Vygotsky's theory is that

• Piaget emphasized the physical environment while Vygotsky emphasized children's social interactions

• Piaget theorized that there were four stages of cognitive development while Vygotsky believed there were ten stages

How we learn to think, know, remember and communicate is

• cognitive development

• physiological development

Who is the psychologist most associated with children's cognitive development?

• Sigmund Freud

• Jean Piaget