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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Schema - Cognitive framework that an individual us uses to organise knowledge and helps us categorise objects, situations, acts into groups. Disequilibrium - When a child is in a state of cognitive imbalance encountering a new schema/modifying a schema. Equilibrium - Child will seek to quickly return to an equilibrium state and will devote their mental energy to develop a new schema.

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Developmental Psychologists - Professionals studying lifespan changes and related mechanisms. Nature - Innate abilities determined by genetic makeup. Nurture - Abilities shaped by environmental experiences.

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Child Cognitive Development Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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Child Development: Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers What is cognition? - -Process of knowing -process by which we learn new things -intellectual process(how the thought process changes over time) Who developed a well known cognitive development theory? - Piaget What are the three terms Piaget coined to describe the way we learn new things? - Assimilation Accommodation Equilibration

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Child Development and Disability Exam questions and answers IDEA classification ICF-CY - (THIS CARD IS NOT DONE) focuses on the body structures, brain functions, activities & participation, environmental. dimensional framework. Uses a different diagnosis strategy that focuses on abilities or disabilities that a child may or may not have. Is able to change and adapt with the child over time. MA-matched study - Study participants are matched based on mental age of participants with a...

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Preoperational Stage - Piaget's stage of cognitive development (2-7 years) Concrete Operational Stage - Piaget's stage of cognitive development (7-11 years) Conservation Tasks - Tasks to test if children understand that the amount of a substance remains the same despite changes in appearance

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Piaget - Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist known for his theory of cognitive development in children, which emphasizes the importance of children's active construction of knowledge through interactions with the world. Vygotsky - Lev Vygotsky, a Russian psychologist who studied how a child's mind grows through social interaction, emphasizing the role of culture and social interactions in cognitive development.

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Responsive and reciprocal communication between a child and caregiver, promoting cognitive development through back-and-forth exchanges. - Contingent interaction A research method where a caregiver maintains a neutral and unresponsive facial expression to study the impact of disrupted contingent interactions on a child's distress and confusion. - Still face paradigm

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Assimilation - Incorporating new information into existing schemas Accommodation - Modification of schemas

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Intelligence Tests in Childhood - Screen for intellectual disabilities, developmental delays, or learning disabilities Benefits of Intelligence Tests - Predicts school achievement and later income

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers A-not-B error - The tendency of 8 to 12 month olds to search for a hidden object where they previously found it even after they have seen it moved to a new location Accommodation (Piaget) - The process of modifying existing schemes in order to incorporate or adapt to new experiences

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers cognition - how the mind works cognitive development - changes that occur in how we think and learn Genetic-epistemology - Piaget's theory that cognitive development is based on both genetics (from biology) and epistemology (a philosophical understanding of the nature of knowledge

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Preoperational Stage - Piaget's second stage; children use symbols, struggle with logic, and are egocentric Symbolic Play - Children use symbols and representations to act out scenarios and roles Conservation - Understanding that quantity remains the same despite changes in shape or appearance

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Child Cognitive Development Exam questions and answers Developing brain - Enhances thought and language in preschoolers. Symbolic thought - Ability to represent objects with symbols. Preoperational stage - Second stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory. Imaginary play - Pretend play demonstrating symbolic thought.

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