Developmental Psychology: Cognitive Development in Primary Education Quiz 1

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.