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What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development? - (answer)sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational
What was Piaget's theory? - (answer)cognitive development
Piaget's sensorimotor stage - (answer)-birth to 2 years
-Learn through senses, motor activities, and feedback they receive through senses by their bodies and
environment
Give an example of an action that would occur in the sensorimotor stage - (answer)Kid sees objects,
reaches for it, tries to grasp it
Kid kicks their leg, they see it move, they try to grab their leg
Kid learns to throw object from their crib that their parents will pick it back up
What are the first three substages of the sensorimotor stage? - (answer)Birth- 1 month: comprehending
the environment from inborn reflexes ex. sucking/looking
2nd substage: Primary Circular Reactions. 1-4 months: coordinate physical sensations with schemas. ex.
things to suck on/get pleasure
3rd substage: Secondary Circular Reactions @ 4-8 months the kids repeat rewarding actions but they
focus on effecting the environment rather than themselves. ex. sucks on objects other than thumb
What are the last 3 substages of the sensorimotor stage? - (answer)Coordination of Reactions: 8-12
months. kids explore surroundings and imitate observed behavior. object permanence. associate objects
with their properties
Tertiary Circular Reactions: 12-18months. Trial and error ex. different sounds to get parents attention
Early Representational Thought: 18-24 months. Children represent objects and events with symbols and
understand the world not just by actions but through mental operations
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What is object permanence? (Piaget) - (answer)the understanding that objects continue to exist even
when they cannot be observed
What is the average age when children begin to understand object permanence? - (answer)8-9 months
What actions shows that children understand object permanence? - (answer)Searching for an object
after it is hidden or enjoying hide and seek/peek a boo
What is a schema? - (answer)a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
a mental construct of a category or class of things
ex. file folder of the mind
What is assimilation? - (answer)interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
can fit new info in an old schema
What is accommodation? - (answer)When new info cannot go into an old schema you can modify the
schema or create a new one
What does Piaget say about assimilation and accommodation? - (answer)It is the process of adaptation
Give Piaget's examples of schemas - (answer)Baby sees a man that looks like his grandfather so he
whispers hi granddaddy. He doesn't address this person as his gpa he just noticed that they look the
same because he has a gpa schema in his mind. He assimilates or puts this man into this schema
Girl sees a dog and says moo, she says moo because she is trying to assimilate a dog into her brown 4
legged animal schema which she has the sound moo for. If she was told this animal say woof woof she
would modify her dog schema or make a new one.
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What is conservation? - (answer)Understanding that objects keep their number or amount even if the
appearance or configuration is changed
At what age do children understand conservation? - (answer)Age 5 according to piaget
Piaget's Preoperational Stage - (answer)Age 2-6
Cannot perform mental operations
Pretend play
use objects to represent other things
thinking is intuitive not logical
egocentric
Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage - (answer)Age 6-7
Developing concrete operations
Thinking logically
Abstract thoughts are still hard
Can understand cause/effect
Can physically manipulate objects
Understands conservation
Understands reversibility
Define reversibility - (answer)the understanding that both physical actions and mental operations can be
reversed
Why do older kids understand the conservation of what experiment? - (answer)Logic and reversibility
"i saw you pour the same amount of water into 2 different containers
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What is animism and magical thinking? - (answer)Animism is assigning human traits to inanimate objects
ex. sun hates me so it burned me
Magical thinking is attributing cause and effect between a child's feeling and the world of events around
them
ex. kid said i hate you to a friend. the friend had a bad day so kid thinks it was their fault
According to an Austrian and German art scholar, what are the 6 stages of art development? -
(answer)1. Scribble (2-4)
2. Preschematic (4-6) visual schema, no dimensions, size=importance
3. Schematic (7-9) Reflect actual proportions and colors
4. Dawning realism (9-11) Representational
5. Pseudorealistc (11-13) Ability to reason
6. Period of Decision (14+) Adolescent identity crisis
Who was Viktor Lowenfeld and did he agree with the 6 stages of art development? - (answer)He taught
art to elementary students and blind students. He said kids learned through physical sensations and
emotional experiences
Yes he agreed with the stages
How is music influential in early childhood education? - (answer)Helps develop phonemic awareness
Induces memories
Influences emotional response
Kids hear music and voices and sounds before they can even speak
Auditory stimulation
Promotes language development
Develop aesthetic sense/making music
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What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development? - (answer)sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete
operational, formal operational
What was Piaget's theory? - (answer)cognitive development
Piaget's sensorimotor stage - (answer)-birth to 2 years
-Learn through senses, motor activities, and feedback they receive through senses by their bodies and
environment
Give an example of an action that would occur in the sensorimotor stage - (answer)Kid sees objects,
reaches for it, tries to grasp it
Kid kicks their leg, they see it move, they try to grab their leg
Kid learns to throw object from their crib that their parents will pick it back up
What are the first three substages of the sensorimotor stage? - (answer)Birth- 1 month: comprehending
the environment from inborn reflexes ex. sucking/looking
2nd substage: Primary Circular Reactions. 1-4 months: coordinate physical sensations with schemas. ex.
things to suck on/get pleasure
3rd substage: Secondary Circular Reactions @ 4-8 months the kids repeat rewarding actions but they
focus on effecting the environment rather than themselves. ex. sucks on objects other than thumb
What are the last 3 substages of the sensorimotor stage? - (answer)Coordination of Reactions: 8-12
months. kids explore surroundings and imitate observed behavior. object permanence. associate objects
with their properties
Tertiary Circular Reactions: 12-18months. Trial and error ex. different sounds to get parents attention
Early Representational Thought: 18-24 months. Children represent objects and events with symbols and
understand the world not just by actions but through mental operations
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What is object permanence? (Piaget) - (answer)the understanding that objects continue to exist even
when they cannot be observed
What is the average age when children begin to understand object permanence? - (answer)8-9 months
What actions shows that children understand object permanence? - (answer)Searching for an object
after it is hidden or enjoying hide and seek/peek a boo
What is a schema? - (answer)a concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
a mental construct of a category or class of things
ex. file folder of the mind
What is assimilation? - (answer)interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas
can fit new info in an old schema
What is accommodation? - (answer)When new info cannot go into an old schema you can modify the
schema or create a new one
What does Piaget say about assimilation and accommodation? - (answer)It is the process of adaptation
Give Piaget's examples of schemas - (answer)Baby sees a man that looks like his grandfather so he
whispers hi granddaddy. He doesn't address this person as his gpa he just noticed that they look the
same because he has a gpa schema in his mind. He assimilates or puts this man into this schema
Girl sees a dog and says moo, she says moo because she is trying to assimilate a dog into her brown 4
legged animal schema which she has the sound moo for. If she was told this animal say woof woof she
would modify her dog schema or make a new one.
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CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED PASS!
What is conservation? - (answer)Understanding that objects keep their number or amount even if the
appearance or configuration is changed
At what age do children understand conservation? - (answer)Age 5 according to piaget
Piaget's Preoperational Stage - (answer)Age 2-6
Cannot perform mental operations
Pretend play
use objects to represent other things
thinking is intuitive not logical
egocentric
Piaget's Concrete Operational Stage - (answer)Age 6-7
Developing concrete operations
Thinking logically
Abstract thoughts are still hard
Can understand cause/effect
Can physically manipulate objects
Understands conservation
Understands reversibility
Define reversibility - (answer)the understanding that both physical actions and mental operations can be
reversed
Why do older kids understand the conservation of what experiment? - (answer)Logic and reversibility
"i saw you pour the same amount of water into 2 different containers
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CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ 100% GUARANTEED PASS!
What is animism and magical thinking? - (answer)Animism is assigning human traits to inanimate objects
ex. sun hates me so it burned me
Magical thinking is attributing cause and effect between a child's feeling and the world of events around
them
ex. kid said i hate you to a friend. the friend had a bad day so kid thinks it was their fault
According to an Austrian and German art scholar, what are the 6 stages of art development? -
(answer)1. Scribble (2-4)
2. Preschematic (4-6) visual schema, no dimensions, size=importance
3. Schematic (7-9) Reflect actual proportions and colors
4. Dawning realism (9-11) Representational
5. Pseudorealistc (11-13) Ability to reason
6. Period of Decision (14+) Adolescent identity crisis
Who was Viktor Lowenfeld and did he agree with the 6 stages of art development? - (answer)He taught
art to elementary students and blind students. He said kids learned through physical sensations and
emotional experiences
Yes he agreed with the stages
How is music influential in early childhood education? - (answer)Helps develop phonemic awareness
Induces memories
Influences emotional response
Kids hear music and voices and sounds before they can even speak
Auditory stimulation
Promotes language development
Develop aesthetic sense/making music
