1. Cognitive Development Theory

2. 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”

3. 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”

4. 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”

5. 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”

6. 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”