Infant Cognitive Development
5 Questions
1 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

According to Piaget's theory, what are schemes in the context of infant cognitive development?

  • Parental guidance on learning
  • Innate reflexes present at birth
  • Actions or mental representations that organize knowledge (correct)
  • Inherited traits that shape behavior
  • What is assimilation in Piaget's theory of infant cognitive development?

  • Using existing schemes to deal with new information or experiences (correct)
  • Creating new schemes for every new experience
  • Ignoring new information altogether
  • Rejecting new information to maintain existing schemes
  • What is accommodation in Piaget's theory of infant cognitive development?

  • Creating new schemes for every new experience
  • Using existing schemes without any adjustment
  • Ignoring new information to maintain existing schemes
  • Adjusting existing schemes to take new information and experiences into account (correct)
  • In Piaget's theory, what is organization?

    <p>Grouping isolated behaviors and thoughts into a higher-order system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does Piaget describe the development of a baby's schemes?

    <p>Structured by simple actions that can be performed on objects</p> Signup and view all the answers

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Browser