Cognitive Development Theory: Piaget's Stages, Assimilation, and Accommodation Processes

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The mental activities associated with thinking are known as _____.

Cognition involves processes such as reasoning, understanding, and _____.

Childhood cognition changes as we mature, as described by Jean Piaget's theory of _____.

Two ways we deal with new information are assimilation and _____.

Assimilation is the process of incorporating new information into existing _____.

Assimilation can sometimes fall _____ when new information doesn't fit existing schemas.

Assimilation is treating new objects/information as if they are things we are _____ with.

Accommodation is changing our understanding of the world to fit new _____.

Accommodation is a more _____ strategy than assimilation.

The four stages of thought according to Piaget are sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and _____.

The sensorimotor stage includes learning about objects by _____ them.

During the sensorimotor stage, children learn they have the ability to _____ effects.

During the sensorimotor stage, children acquire _____ _____.

Object permanence marks the end of the _____ _____ stage.

During the pre-operational stage, children begin using _____ _____ of objects (memory).

During the pre-operational stage, children's thinking is often _____.

During the pre-operational stage, children have _____ thought.

Animistic thought is believing _____ objects have _____ qualities.

During the pre-operational stage, children are prone to _____.

Syncretism is believing that simultaneously occurring events are _____.

During the pre-operational stage, children don't understand _____.

Conservation is the idea that an object's physical properties don't _____ just because they look _____.

During the pre-operational stage, children tend to focus on one feature of a problem or object, ignoring others. This is known as _____.

During the concrete operational stage, children are less _____, _____, and _____.

During the concrete operational stage, children understand _____ and can think logically with tangible objects and real events.

During the concrete operational stage, children still have difficulty with _____ thinking.

During the formal operational stage, we have _____, _____ thought, even when dealing with abstract or hypothetical concepts.

Some problems with Piaget's theory is that Piaget _____ children's abilities and sometimes, children show signs of more than one _____ at once.

Contributions of Piaget's theory is that it helps _____ understand children's capabilities and it helps with _____ design.

Adulthood: Intellectual performance evens off between the ages of _____ and _____.

Adulthood: Intellectual performance slightly declines after the age of _____, but remains good overall.

Adulthood: Declines in intellectual performance may be due to _____ motor speed.

Adulthood: Memory has a very slight, steady decline after the mid-_____ for recall tasks.

Adulthood: There is generally less decline in _____ tasks compared to recall tasks.

Human gestation is _____ weeks long.

Age of viability is the point at which the infant can survive if born _____, typically between _____-_____ weeks.

The three developmental periods of human gestation include the _____ stage, _____ stage, and the _____ stage.

The germinal stage is from _____ to _____ weeks.

During the germinal stage, the _____ and _____ unite in one of the fallopian tubes and form a _____.

Around _____-_____ days, the zygote attaches to the uterine wall.

Problems with the germinal stage include many fertilized eggs never _____ and the occurrence of _____ pregnancy.

Ectopic pregnancy is when the zygote places an egg somewhere other than the _____, typically the fallopian tube.

The embryonic stage is _____-_____ weeks post-conception.

All body organs begin to form and function during the _____ stage.

All appendages form from _____ _____.

Problems with the embryonic stage include the highest vulnerability to _____ and the likelihood of _____.

The fetal stage is _____-_____ weeks post-conception.

Problems with the fetal stage are usually due to _____ birth, which include _____-_____ senses and immune system.

The two factors that influence development are _____ and _____.

Environmental factors that affect development include _____ and _____.

Teratogens (toxins) are any agents that _____ the growing organism. They are most harmful during the _____ stage.

Genetic factors include _____ problems.

When a baby is first born, they are born with all neurons, but _____ are not well formed.

Babies are born with several _____, such as the _____ _____ reflex.

Babies' _____ abilities are not fully developed, but do function. They prefer objects _____-_____ inches away from their face.

From infancy to childhood, children go through _____, which is the muscular and physical growth that is relatively uninfluenced by experience.

From infancy to childhood, their sequence of motor skill development is very _____, therefore assumed due to maturation. It is largely _____ determined.

During adolescence, children go through _____.

During puberty, secondary _____ characteristics develop and _____ functions reach maturity (menstruation).

Does timing of puberty predict eventual physical size? _____

During adulthood, physical abilities reach their peak in the _____-_____.

All sensory abilities become less _____ with age.

Adults' immune system _____ over time, but they get _____ colds and flus.

Social development is how our relationships _____ and _____ over time.

Social Development: During childhood, attachment is a powerful emotional _____ with caregivers. It is evident in every _____.

The four attachment styles are _____, _____, _____, and _____.

_____ attachment is playful, curious, distressed with strangers, comforted by parents' return.

_____ attachment does not distinguish between stranger and parents.

_____ attachment is wary, clinging to parents, highly distressed with stranger, angry and not calmed by parents' return.

_____ attachment is depressed, unresponsive, and highly emotional after procedure.

Influences on attachment include _____ styles.

Setting and enforcing _____ _____ increases secure attachment likelihood.

Infant temperament can be _____, _____, and _____ __ _____ ___.

_____ temperament is regular, predictable, and adaptable to change.

_____ temperament is less regular, frequently distressed, not easily comforted.

_____ temperament is initially shy and withdrawn, needs time to adjust to situations, then like easy.

Prohibiting early attachment may cause _____ problems.

During adolescence, humans form their own _____ separate from their parents.

Peer influence becomes greater during _____.

During adulthood, _____ is very common.

There is a _____ divorce rate for first marriages.

_____ of divorced people remarry.

There is a _____ divorce rate for second marriages.

Best indicator of marital longevity is a _____ to _____ ratio of positive to negative interactions.

Marital satisfaction tends to _____ after children are born, and _____ after they leave home.

There is _____ evidence to show that the empty nest stage is miserable.

There is little evidence of a _____-_____ _____ being an issue.

In older adulthood, adults tend to devote less _____ and _____ to casual acquaintances.

In older adulthood, close relationships tend to become _____.

Social influences are the impact of others on our _____, _____, and _____.

Persuasion is a deliberate attempt to _____ others' attitudes or behaviors.

Two routes of persuasion include _____ and _____.

Central persuasion uses _____, arguments, and information.

Central persuasion requires _____ processing.

Peripheral persuasion relies on creating an association with positive _____ or _____.

Peripheral persuasion does not require conscious processing and can occur through _____ _____.

The _____ persuasion route results in greater and longer-lasting attitude changes, although both routes work.

The central route requires _____ attention.

Factors influencing likelihood of persuasion are _____ characteristics and _____ characteristics.

Well-known techniques of persuasion are often based on _____ norms and are based on our desire to be _____.

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