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in Piaget's theory, actions of mental representation that organize knowledge
-structured by simple actions on object like sucking looking grasping |
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| occurs when children use their existing schemes to deal with new info or experiences |
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| children adjust schemes to take new info and experiences into account |
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| mechanism Piaget propose to explain how children shift from one stage of thought to another |
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birth-2yrs
infants construct understanding of world by coordinating sensory experiences with motoric actions |
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| secondary circular reactions |
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4-8 months
infants become more object oriented; repeat actions that bring pleasurable results |
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| coordination of secondary circular reactions |
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8-12 months
coordination of vision and touch, hand eye coordination |
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| tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity |
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12-18 months
become intrigued by many properties of objects |
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| internalization of schemes |
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18-24 months
ability to use primitive symbols and form enduring mental representations
example: infant sees tantrum thrown for first time, and now does it |
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Piaget: no differnetiation between self and world
understanding objects exist, even if they cant be seen heard or touched |
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| occurs when infants make mistake of seeing familiar hiding place(a) rather than new hiding place(b) as they progress into substage 4 |
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| decreased responsiveness to a stimulus after repeated presentations |
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| increase responsiveness after a change |
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| individuals focus on same subject/event |
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| memory without conscious recollection; includes skills and routine procedures automatically performed |
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memory of facts and experiences
(dont show till second half of 1st year) |
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| maturation of hippocampus and frontal lobes |
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| make explicit memories possible |
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| occurs after a delay of hours or days |
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| cognitive groupings of similar objects, events, people or ideas |
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| Bayley Scales of Infant Development |
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| cognitive, language, motor,(given to baby) socio-emotional and adaptive (given to caregiver) |
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| ability to produce endless number of meaningful sentences using finite set of words and rules |
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| units of meaning involved in word formation |
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| way words are combines to form phrases |
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| meaning of words and sentences |
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| appropriate use of language in different contects |
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use of context wors without grammatical markers such as articles
example: mommy give ice cream |
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| children are biologically prepared to learn language |
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