Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development in Primary Education Quiz 1

Study Notes

Conceptos claves en el desarrollo cognitivo primitive education:
- Esquemas: repetible y generalizable actions, evolve from reflexes to mental operations.
- Adaptación: entrance of new information in the cognitive structure, allowing adjustment to the environment.
- Asimilación: new experiences or knowledge are incorporated into existing behavioral patterns.
- Acomodación: modification of the organization in response to environmental demands.
Stages of Development according to Piaget: 2.1. Sensorimotor Stage (0-2 years):
- Rapid cognitive growth with six stages.
- Infants explore the world through trial and error, relying on senses and actions.
- Reflexive reactions, including seeking pleasure and social connections.
2.2. Preoperational Stage (2-7 years):
- Symbolic function promotes imaginative play, drawing, imitation, and language.
- Egocentrism: limited perspective, focusing only on self.
- Preoperational thinking: seeking pleasure rather than truth.
- Lack of logical reasoning and reasoning limitations.
- Difficulty with conservation tasks.
Key stages in Piaget's development theory:
- Perceptual development: visual accommodation, sensitivity to contrast, and perception of depth in infants.
Transition from preoperational to operational thinking:
- Decentration: considering multiple perspectives.
- Inferred reality: understanding reality beyond appearances.
- Reversibility: performing actions in reverse.
- Transformations: understanding the underlying changes.
Limitations of Piaget's theory:
- Horizontal discrepancies: same subject may not solve similar tasks.
- Domain-specific applications: each task's resolution depends on its content.
- Universal applicability: studies across cultures.