Cognitive Development Theory
KEY CONCEPTS Cognitive Development Theory Stages Of Development We make conscious mental efforts to organize a chaotic world We can only acquire information/behavior when our minds are ready to handle it. Stages Of Development Stage One (prior to 3 year old): external cues, gender is changeable, incapable of “conserving variance.” Stage Two (3-4 years old): gender becomes an “organizing schema” Stage Three (4-7 years old): children learn “gender constancy” and want to master gender behavior, modeling after similar and powerful adults Stage Four (8 years and older): gender-role behavior becomes “right and good”
KEY CONCEPTS Cognitive Development Theory Stages Of Development We make conscious mental efforts to organize a chaotic world We can only acquire information/behavior when our minds are ready to handle it. Stages Of Development Stage One (prior to 3 year old): external cues, gender is changeable, incapable of “conserving variance” Stage Two (3-4 years old): gender becomes an “organizing schema” Stage Three (4-7 years old): children learn “gender constancy” and want to master gender behavior, modeling after similar and powerful adults, “concrete operations” Stage Four (8 years and older): gender-role behavior becomes internalized, “formal operations”
KEY CONCEPTS Cognitive Development Theory Stages Of Development We make conscious mental efforts to organize a chaotic world We can only acquire information/behavior when our minds are ready to handle it. Stages Of Development Stage One (prior to 3 year old): external cues, gender is changeable, incapable of “conserving variance” Stage Two (3-4 years old): gender becomes an “organizing schema” Stage Three (4-7 years old): children learn “gender constancy” and want to master gender behavior, modeling after similar and powerful adults, “concrete operations” Stage Four (8 years and older): gender-role behavior becomes internalized, “formal operations”
KEY CONCEPTS Cognitive Development Theory Stages Of Development We make conscious mental efforts to organize a chaotic world We can only acquire information/behavior when our minds are ready to handle it. Stages Of Development Stage One (prior to 3 year old): external cues, gender is changeable, incapable of “conserving variance” Stage Two (3-4 years old): gender becomes an “organizing schema” Stage Three (4-7 years old): children learn “gender constancy” and want to master gender behavior, modeling after similar and powerful adults, “concrete operations” Stage Four (8 years and older): gender-role behavior becomes internalized, “formal operations”
KEY CONCEPTS Cognitive Development Theory Stages Of Development We make conscious mental efforts to organize a chaotic world We can only acquire information/behavior when our minds are ready to handle it. Stages Of Development Stage One (prior to 3 year old): external cues, gender is changeable, incapable of “conserving variance” Stage Two (3-4 years old): gender becomes an “organizing schema” Stage Three (4-7 years old): children learn “gender constancy” and want to master gender behavior, modeling after similar and powerful adults, “concrete operations” Stage Four (8 years and older): gender-role behavior becomes internalized, “formal operations”