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Cognitive Development
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Cognitive development :The changes that occur in human thinking, knowing and understanding (mental abilities).
Jean Piaget : Swiss Psychologist who first theorised cognitive development in the early 1920's.
Adaption : The continous processes of adjusting to the changes in the environment.
Assimilation : The process of taking in new information and fitting it into as existing mental idea
Accomodation : Changing an existing mental idea in order to fit new information.
Sequential : The theory of moving through four distinct and sequential stages from birth to adulthood in developing our cognitive abilities.
Sensorimotor : Stage of development between birth and the age of two.
Preoperational : Stage of cognitive development between the age of 2 - 7.
Concrete Operational : Stage of cognitive between the age of 7 - 12.
Formal Operational : Stage of cognitive development between the age of 12 and over.
Egocentrism : Not being able to see something from another persons perspective.
Animisim : the belief that everything that exists has some kind of consciousness or awarness. ex; child feeling bad for teddybear that has fallen over.
Conservation : The _______ of volume is an object that dos not change its volume when the object changes shape or appearance. ex: same amount of water in two seperate glasses, yet when one is poured into a taller/thinner glass it appears as more water.
Mass : The conservation of _____ is an object that does not change its mass when the object changes shape or appearance. ex; two balls of clay, when one is squashed it appears to have more clay.
Abstract : The way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see something in order to understand it.
Reasoning : The mental ability to think logically and symetrically on the basis of known information as well asproblem solving.
Children : _____ are capable of concrete operational tasks at a much younger age than Piaget suggests.
Language : Piaget was critised that he may have overestimated young childrens ______ ability.
Sample : Piaget was always critised on his theory as he used a small ______ size.
Cognitive Development
Across:6. | The mental ability to think logically and symetrically on the basis of known information as well asproblem solving. | 11. | the belief that everything that exists has some kind of consciousness or awarness. ex; child feeling bad for teddybear that has fallen over. | 13. | The theory of moving through four distinct and sequential stages from birth to adulthood in developing our cognitive abilities. | 15. | Piaget was critised that he may have overestimated young childrens ______ ability. |
| 17. | The conservation of _____ is an object that does not change its mass when the object changes shape or appearance. ex; two balls of clay, when one is squashed it appears to have more clay. | 18. | Piaget was always critised on his theory as he used a small ______ size. | 19. | Changing an existing mental idea in order to fit new information. |
| | Down:1. | The way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see something in order to understand it. | 2. | The process of taking in new information and fitting it into as existing mental idea | 3. | The changes that occur in human thinking, knowing and understanding (mental abilities). | 4. | Stage of cognitive development between the age of 2 - 7. | 5. | Stage of cognitive between the age of 7 - 12. | 7. | _____ are capable of concrete operational tasks at a much younger age than Piaget suggests. |
| 8. | Swiss Psychologist who first theorised cognitive development in the early 1920's. | 9. | Stage of cognitive development between the age of 12 and over. | 10. | The _______ of volume is an object that dos not change its volume when the object changes shape or appearance. ex: same amount of water in two seperate glasses, yet when one is poured into a taller/thinner glass it appears as more water. | 12. | Stage of development between birth and the age of two. | 14. | Not being able to see something from another persons perspective. | 16. | The continous processes of adjusting to the changes in the environment. |
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Cognitive Development
Across:6. | The mental ability to think logically and symetrically on the basis of known information as well asproblem solving. | 11. | the belief that everything that exists has some kind of consciousness or awarness. ex; child feeling bad for teddybear that has fallen over. | 13. | The theory of moving through four distinct and sequential stages from birth to adulthood in developing our cognitive abilities. | 15. | Piaget was critised that he may have overestimated young childrens ______ ability. |
| 17. | The conservation of _____ is an object that does not change its mass when the object changes shape or appearance. ex; two balls of clay, when one is squashed it appears to have more clay. | 18. | Piaget was always critised on his theory as he used a small ______ size. | 19. | Changing an existing mental idea in order to fit new information. |
| | Down:1. | The way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see something in order to understand it. | 2. | The process of taking in new information and fitting it into as existing mental idea | 3. | The changes that occur in human thinking, knowing and understanding (mental abilities). | 4. | Stage of cognitive development between the age of 2 - 7. | 5. | Stage of cognitive between the age of 7 - 12. | 7. | _____ are capable of concrete operational tasks at a much younger age than Piaget suggests. |
| 8. | Swiss Psychologist who first theorised cognitive development in the early 1920's. | 9. | Stage of cognitive development between the age of 12 and over. | 10. | The _______ of volume is an object that dos not change its volume when the object changes shape or appearance. ex: same amount of water in two seperate glasses, yet when one is poured into a taller/thinner glass it appears as more water. | 12. | Stage of development between birth and the age of two. | 14. | Not being able to see something from another persons perspective. | 16. | The continous processes of adjusting to the changes in the environment. |
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