Developmental Psychology. Piaget - Cognitive developmental psychologist

Developmental PsychologyDevelopmental Psychology

PiagetPiaget- Cognitive - Cognitive developmental developmental psychologistpsychologist

General notesGeneral notes

• Piaget studied the interaction between Piaget studied the interaction between children and the people and objects with children and the people and objects with which they come in contactwhich they come in contact

• A child cannot master a new intellectual A child cannot master a new intellectual concept before he or she has reached the concept before he or she has reached the correct stage of correct stage of maturationmaturation

• Children adapt as fast as their biological Children adapt as fast as their biological development permits (maturation)development permits (maturation)

4 stages of cognitive 4 stages of cognitive developmentdevelopment

• Sensory – MotorSensory – Motor

• Pre - operationalPre - operational

• Concrete - OperationalConcrete - Operational

• Formal - OperationalFormal - Operational

Sensory - MotorSensory - Motor

• Birth – two years of ageBirth – two years of age

• Children begin to distinguish Children begin to distinguish themselves from those around themthemselves from those around them

• Curiosity developsCuriosity develops

• Coordinates sensory experiences Coordinates sensory experiences with sucking, reaching, and graspingwith sucking, reaching, and grasping

Milestone for the Sensory - Milestone for the Sensory - Motor phaseMotor phase

• OBJECT OBJECT CONSTANCYCONSTANCY– Objects no longer Objects no longer

exist when they exist when they disappear from disappear from sight sight

• OBJECT OBJECT PERMANENCEPERMANENCE– The (cognitive) The (cognitive)

understanding understanding things continue to things continue to exist even though I exist even though I cannot see themcannot see them

Pre - OperationalPre - Operational

• Ages 2-7Ages 2-7

• Children focus on their own desires, Children focus on their own desires, pleasures, painspleasures, pains

• Use language as a tool for Use language as a tool for understanding and controlling their understanding and controlling their worldworld

• Ages 2-4 generalizationAges 2-4 generalization

• Age 4-5 ability to distinguishAge 4-5 ability to distinguish

Concrete - OperationalConcrete - Operational

• Ages 7-11Ages 7-11

• Specialized skills developSpecialized skills develop

•GroupingGrouping – classification system that – classification system that allows them to place similar objects allows them to place similar objects together (dogs, turtles, fish, = pets)together (dogs, turtles, fish, = pets)

Formal OperationalFormal Operational

• Early adolescenceEarly adolescence

• Understand abstract political, moral, Understand abstract political, moral, religious, and scientific ideasreligious, and scientific ideas

SchemaSchema

• An idea or mental framework that An idea or mental framework that helps one organize and interpret helps one organize and interpret datedate

• Schemas are ever changingSchemas are ever changing

Conservation Conservation

• The understanding of different laws The understanding of different laws of conservation happens between the of conservation happens between the ages of 5 and 9ages of 5 and 9

• The principle that the properties of The principle that the properties of substances remain the same despite substances remain the same despite changes in their shape or changes in their shape or arrangementarrangement