Educational Psychology 210 Unit A Exam

Educational Psychology 210 Unit A Exam describe Piaget's early life - studied biology as a young child & scored iq tests. became interested in development after noticing small children missed the same questions in the same way consistently. Wondered why that was the case. Is Piaget and his research considered a big deal? Why? - Piaget is the father of cognitive psychology. No one has been more prolific as far as research goes and his work is the foundation for everything that has come since. Contemporary research continues to support Piaget's theories. What is an invariant function? - cognition that occurs across all stages of development What is assimilation? - attempting to fit new information into existing schema What is accommodation? - taking in new information and altering existing schema or creating new schema to accommodate the new information. Describe the process of equilibration when someone is in a new situation - Assimilation -attempt to incorporate new info into existing schema Challenge of existing schema Disequilibrium Accomodation of new information Equilibration Which is easier assimilation or accommodation? - assimilation Which is a child likely to attempt first when encountering something new assimilation or accommodation? - assimilation According to Piaget how should you approach student's wrong answers - Try to get at the reasoning behind the wrong answers How are schemes and operations alike? - both represent cognitive groupings How are schemes and operations different? - Schemes are single, discrete objects/concepts whereas operations are super-ordinate combinations of schemes. What are Piaget's four stages of cognitive development? - sensorimotor preoperational concrete operational formal operational What is the cognitive milestone for sensorimotor stage? - object permanence Are children born with some cognitive abilities? - Yes, from birth children respond to environment, this is some level of cognitive function. What abilities do preoperational children lack? - theory of mind - ability to see things from another's point of view. limited in logical reasoning. what can we translate preoperational into? - before logical reasoning What is the cognitive milestone of the concrete operational stage? - Conservation What is conservation? - recognizing that quantity does not change when appearance/organization is changed. What are some examples of conservation tasks - the water test the coin test the graham cracker test Does everyone move through Piaget's stages in a fixed sequence - Yes. Does