Psychology- Jean Piaget's theory Exam 2023 Update A+

Psychology- Jean Piaget's theory Exam 2023 Update A+ Nature- nurture development - Answer-The relative influence of genetics (nature) and environment (nurture) in determining behavior. What was Jean Piaget' s Theory? - Answer-Cognitive Development/schema How did Piaget began his studies of cognitive development? - Answer-He administered intelligence tests and noticed how children confused part-whole relationships and classifying objects correctly. What did Piaget mean by schema? - Answer-(framework of thinking) An organized system of actions or mental representation that people use to understand and interact with the world. What is adaptation? - Answer-Schema changes as the child adapts to new challenges or demands. (make fit to change) What are the two categories of adaptation? - Answer-Assimilation and accommodation What is assimilation? - Answer-Incorporate (fit) new objects or situations into existing schema. example: a child may call a zebra a horse. What is accommodation? - Answer-Altering existing schema or create a new one to deal with objects that don't fit. example: when a child transitions from a bottle to a sippy cup, they start off trying to suck (existing schema) but soon realizes it does not work and began to tilt cup for milk(created new schema) What are the four stages of Piaget's cognitive development? - Answer-1) sensorimotor 2) preoperational 3) concrete operational 4) formal operational What are the ages in the sensorimotor stage? - Answer-Birth to 2 years What are the ages in the preoperational stage? - Answer-2 to 7 years What are the ages in the concrete operational stage? - Continues...