Topic 12: Cognitive Development Definitions (PS111, test 2) 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyCognitive developmentUniversityNone Created by: ChookieCreated on: 27-02-17 12:49 What are Basic cognitive resources? The basic thinking machinery of the brain (e.g. working memory capacity). It is a concept from the IPA 1 of 38 What is centred thinking? The symbolic thought that focuses on one aspect of a thing. (e.g height of water in a glass) 2 of 38 Who came up with centred thinking? Piaget 3 of 38 What is the conversation task? A test of children's ability to conserve (understand that the amount of stuff only changes if you add some or take some away) 4 of 38 Who came up with the conversation task? Piaget 5 of 38 What is domain? An aspect of human knowledge or skill (reading) 6 of 38 What is Domain-General learning? Learning that improves all aspects of human know-ledge and skill at the same time. 7 of 38 What is Domain-Specific learning? Learning that improves a specific aspect of human knowledge or skill. 8 of 38 What is the third stage of Piaget's four stages? Concrete operational Stage 9 of 38 What is the fourth stage of Piaget's four stages? Formal operational stage 10 of 38 What is the first stage of Piaget's four stages? Sensorimotor Stage 11 of 38 What is the second stage of Piaget's four stages? Preoperational Stage 12 of 38 What what happens in the Concrete operational Stage? Children can use operations, but can only make new operations through direct experience 13 of 38 What happens in the Sensorimotor Stage? Infants only remember through Sensorimoter learning 14 of 38 What happens in the Formal operational stage? Children can make new operations just by thinking about them 15 of 38 What happens in the Preoperational Stage? Children can learn through symbolic thought but their thinking is centred 16 of 38 What does IPA stand for? Information Processing Approach 17 of 38 What is the Information Processing Approach (IPA)? An approach to development which recognises that the mind is a machine which improves itself 18 of 38 Who came up with Inner speech? Vygotsky 19 of 38 In Vygotsky's theory what is inner speech? Language that has become internalized (after been first social and then private). 20 of 38 What does Memory strategy come from? The IPA 21 of 38 What is memory strategy? Thinking or behaviour which improves memory 22 of 38 Where does Metacogntion come from? The IPA 23 of 38 Where does operation come from? Piaget's theory 24 of 38 What is Metacogntion? Knowledge that we have about how our own thinking works 25 of 38 What is Operation? The idea that thinking is decentred 26 of 38 What is Piaget's theory of cognitive development? A domain-general theory of development in which a child builds their own understanding of the world 27 of 38 Where is a Psychological tool featured? In Vygotsky's theory 28 of 38 What is a Psychological tool? A cognitive skill used to aid social learning 29 of 38 What is Sensorimotor learning? When you learn directly through action on the world 30 of 38 What is Stage theory? A theory of development in which performance improves in jumps rather than gradually. 31 of 38 Where does Symbolic thought come from? Piaget's theory 32 of 38 What is symbolic thought? That the idea of a thing is separate from your sensorimotor experience of it 33 of 38 Who cam up with the Three Mountains task? Piaget 34 of 38 What is the three mountains task? A test of the children's ability to understand that the world looks different from someone else's perspective 35 of 38 What is Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development? A domain-general theory of development in which a child develops skills by working with others 36 of 38 Where does the Zone of Proximal Development come from? Vygotsky 37 of 38 What is the zone of proximal development? The understanding that a child can only achieve with the help of others 38 of 38
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