1. DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
Day 2: Piaget & COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

2. “Tabula Rasa” = blank slate
key name
John LOCKE
Proposed that when children are born they are “Tabula Rasa”
“Tabula Rasa” = blank slate

3. Constructed a stage theory of Cognitive Development
key name
Jean PIAGET
Constructed a stage theory of Cognitive Development
Observed that children think differently than adults

4. Piaget & Cognitive Development
SCHEMA
A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information
Assimilation Accommodation
Make new information fit into existing schemas
Adjust your schema to fit new information

5. “Heart” = SCHEMA Assimilation Accomodation
Make new information fit into existing schemas
Accomodation
Adjusting your schema to fit new information

6. ASSIMILATION vs. ACCOMMODATION
When a student downloads music by an artist that is already on the iPod, this can be compared to assimilation (adding a new bit of info to an existing schema).
Accommodation
When a student downloads music by a new artist, this can be compared to accommodation (creating a new 'folder' is like building a new schema)

7. How do we develop our gender schemas?
GENDER SCHEMA A concept or framework that organizes and interprets information about what it means to be a boy or a girl
How do we develop our gender schemas?

44. Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Sensorimotor Birth – 2 years
stage 1
Lack object permanence (until about age 8-10 months)
Develop separation anxiety at about 12 months.
Stanger anxiety also occurs in this stage.

45. Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Preoperational 2 – 6 years
stage 2
Egocentric (which does not (in Piagetian thought) mean selfishness, but rather the inability to take another's perspective or even to recognize that others have different perspectives and points of view. )
Use of symbols (especially language; difficulty using more than one category)
Representational thought
Role Playing
Animism, or the tendency to attribute psychological properties to inanimate objects.

46. Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Concrete 6 – 12 years
stage 3
By age 7, develop law of conservation
Can sort objects into multiple categories
(color & size, for example)

47. Piaget’s 4 Stages of Cognitive Development
Formal 12 years - adult
stage 4
Abstract thinking
Can think hypothetically