Lecture Goals
    Introduce Developmental Psychology
    Introduce Jean Piaget's idea
    Introduce Cognitive Development
 

Corresponding Readings
    Chapter 3
 
 

Who was Jean Piaget
    A biologist
    An observant father
    His goal was description
    Greatly influenced research about cognitive development
    Misunderstood
 
 

Jean Piaget's P.O.V.

    Children grow up in a complex world

    Goal of learning = ___________________________________

    Cognitive abilities grow ______________________________

    Quantity and __________ of thought change with development
 
 

Jean Piaget's Description
    Concepts defined by via __________________
        = by what can and can't be done to an object
 

    Activity schemas grow from __________________
        rooting &  mouth
        palmar & grasping
        stepping & feet
 

    Activity schemas develop as we gain ________________________
 
 

    2 Types of Learning:
        Assimilation
        Accommodation
 

        Assimilation = ___________________________________________________

            ____ is like a ____
 

            ____ is another example of a ___
 

            - They share the same properties
 

            - Promotes overgeneralizations
 

                Example
                    "dog" = 4-legged animal

                    Sees cow and calls it a "dog"

                    Cow assimilated into existing schema for 4 legged animals ('dog')
 
 
 

    Accommodation = ______________________________________________

            - captures distinctions

                Example
                    Mom says animal is a "cow" not a "dog"

                    Child __________ "dog" schema

Piaget's Stages of Development
    4 stages
        Each stage characterized by cognitive gains and limitations

        Rough age guidelines, but set order

            Sensorimotor (0 - 2)
            Preoperational (2 - 6)
            Concrete Operational (7 to 11)
            Formal Operational (12 - adult)
 
 

    Sensorimotor (0 - 2)

        thought dominated by _______________________________________

        "little experimenters"

        thought limited to the _______________________________
 

        Object permanence issues

            - out of sight _________________

            - Peek a boo

            - watch and hat story
 

        Age 1 - 2 begin to use language
            = first steps in _____________________________________
 
 

    Preoperational (2 - 6)
        Child has learned ______________________________

        Child learns language (symbol use)

        Gains in memory

        Child begins to use mental ________________________________

        Child does NOT understand mental _________________________

        Child considers only 1 of many dimensions/points of view (e.g., picture game)
 

        Egocentrism issues   = ______________________________________

                - 3 mountains task
                - pile of blocks task
                - board game task
                - juicebox task
 

        Conservation issues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

        Seriation issues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

    Concrete Operational (7 - 11)

        Child can:

            - think logically about real objects __________________________________

            - solve conservation problems (understands reversibility)

            - adopt _________________________

            - consider multiple dimensions at same time

            - can order objects on feature
 

        Child can NOT:

            - apply logic to _____________________________
 
 
 

    Formal Operational (12 - adult)

        Child can:

            - apply logic to _____________________________

            - make abstract logical predictions

            - capable of mature moral reasoning