Piaget's Theory: Sensorimotor Stage

Thinking about an object and creating a mental image of it.

Infants learn through their senses and motor skills from birth to 2 years.

<p>Strengthens and adapts reflexes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants repeat actions centered on their bodies after experiencing pleasurable outcomes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Newborn shows a different sucking response to a nipple vs. a pacifier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infant pats hand against the floor to feel sensation on palm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants repeat motor actions that produce interesting outcomes directed toward the environment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infant bats mobile with an arm and watches the mobile move.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It signifies the beginning of intentional behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Understanding that objects continue to exist outside of sensory awareness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infant uses one hand to lift a bucket covering a ball while the other hand grasps the ball.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Trial and error to make new discoveries.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Toddler hits pot with a wooden spoon, then starts hitting other things with the spoon.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Thinking to solve problems rather than relying on trial and error.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Ability to use symbols to represent objects and actions in memory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Imitating actions of an absent model.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Research design showing infants events that violate physical laws.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some researchers suggest prolonged staring is due to novelty, not object permanence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants can uncover a toy hidden behind one barrier, but cannot find it if moved to another barrier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Violation of Expectation and A not B.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants may understand correct location but still reach incorrectly due to motor immaturity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants do engage in deferred imitation earlier than Piaget suggested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infants are born with several innate knowledge systems that enable rapid learning.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Working Memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Short-lived memory that forms stimuli in a brief moment.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Short-term memory that holds and processes information.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Directs flow of information and regulates cognitive activities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unlimited store that holds information indefinitely.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Events where they are actively and emotionally engaged.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Increases steadily and infants prefer dynamic stimuli.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>3-month-old infants remember stimuli for 24 hours; older infants persist longer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Categorizing objects based on perceived similarity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Standardized tests and information processing examination.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infant intelligence through perception, motor skills, and language skills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parental report regarding infant behaviors and responses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parental report of infant's ability to adapt to everyday situations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Efficient processors acquire knowledge more quickly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Includes cooing and babbling sounds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Use of holophrases or first words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rapid vocabulary learning occurring between 16-24 months.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Underextension restricts a word to a single object; overextension applies it too broadly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Telegraphic speech that includes essential words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cooing.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Babbling.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Syntax.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Learning theory, nativist theory, interactionist perspective.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Not all learning relies on imitation; children can create original grammatical structures.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Innate capacity to learn language through an inbuilt language acquisition device.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Lack of process explanation and identifying the language acquisition device.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Combines nature and nurture factors in language acquisition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Parent rephrasing child's statement into a more elaborate form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Changing the child's original statement into grammatically correct form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Language is learned through operant conditioning and imitation.</p> Signup and view all the answers