Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development

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What is the capacity of children in the substage 6 of the earliest stage of cognitive growth?

  • Memory retention
  • Language fluency
  • Physical coordination
  • Mental representation (correct)

During which stage do preschoolers exhibit the ability to use symbols, words, or objects to represent something that is not physically present?

  • Time of Stability and Change
  • Use of Operations
  • Symbolic Function (correct)
  • Beginnings of Thought

What is centration in the context of cognitive development?

  • The process of recalling past events
  • The development of logical reasoning skills
  • Concentrating on one limited aspect of a stimulus and ignoring others (correct)
  • Ability to focus on multiple stimuli simultaneously

What is conservation in the context of cognitive development?

<p>Understanding that quantity is unrelated to arrangement (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which aspect of cognitive development allows preschoolers to think beyond the present to the future and consider several possibilities at the same time?

<p>Symbolic function (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Piaget's Approach to Cognitive Development

  • Piaget's theory revolves around the idea that "Action = Knowledge"
  • The theory proposes four universal, sequential stages of cognitive development
  • Development is influenced by physical maturation and exposure to relevant experiences

Principles of Cognitive Growth

  • Assimilation: the process of understanding an experience in terms of one's current stage of cognitive development and way of thinking
  • Accommodation: changing one's existing ways of thinking, understanding, or behaving in response to new stimuli or events

Object Permanence

  • Object permanence refers to the understanding that an object continues to exist even when it is out of sight
  • Infants typically attain object permanence several months after birth, marked by their ability to search for a hidden object
  • The concept of object permanence is important to caregivers because it indicates a significant milestone in cognitive development, enabling them to adapt their caring strategies accordingly

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