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HD FS 229
Exam Two material for Human Development
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Undergraduate 2
10/30/2007

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Contructivist approach to cognitive development
Definition
- children are active participants of their own learning

- children construct their own knowledge
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Piaget's Theoretical Basics
Definition
- all aspects of cognition

- stages are invariant

- stages are universal but individual differences in rate
(all children go though stages but at different times in their lives)

- maturation (parents must wait for children to move on to next stage, don't push if not ready)
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Schemas
Definition
- psychological structures

- shift from motor-based to mental-based

- mental representations (images and concepts)
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Mental Representations:
Images vs. Concepts
Definition

- Images: picturing something in your mind

- Concepts: categories in which objects and events are grouped together

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Adaptation
Definition
Building and changing schemas through direct interaction.
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