PSY 225 Chapter 7

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Across
  1. 3. The ability to realize something is the same even if it changes in 1 dimension (like pouring water from a skinny glass to a wide glass and knowing that it is the same amount of water even though it looks different in the containers)
  2. 4. Which is the first stage of Piaget's theory of development (birth-2 years)? ("Out of sight, out of mind"; milestone is object permanence)
  3. 5. Piaget's third stage of development is _____ operational. This lasts from 7-12 years and the child is learning simple logic on concrete objects.
  4. 8. Who conceptualized the theory of cognitive development? This theory emphasizes social and cultural learning. "Social constructivism"
  5. 11. This teaching technique has 3 stages: from the teacher having high responsibility for modeling and explaining the task, to ultimately allowing the student (or child) to take on nearly all of that responsibility and do the task independently.
  6. 14. What is the term for thinking about one's own thinking?
  7. 16. What type of reasoning involves linking observations together in causal ways when no cause exists?
  8. 17. Comfortably address new situations using existing schemes and operations
  9. 18. What is the term for when a child thinks everyone sees the world as they see it? Their experience is the same as everyone elses.
  10. 19. Who believed that children discover and construct their knowledge through activities. He believed children are not receiving knowledge passively. "Individual constructivism"
Down
  1. 1. Update scheme or create a new one to deal with new information
  2. 2. What type of memories might you remember from before 3 years old if it was very emotional (good or bad)?
  3. 6. Moving between equilibrium and disequilibrium leads to increasingly complex thought
  4. 7. Use existing scheme to fit new information
  5. 9. Generalizations of actions or thoughts based on experience with the world
  6. 10. Mental discomfort due to existing schemes and operations being inadequate
  7. 12. Piaget's fourth and final stage of development is _____ operational. This is from 12 years old and up and involves developing metacognition and hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
  8. 13. Which is the second stage of Piaget's theory of development (2-7 years)? (language development; pretend play)
  9. 15. What type of functioning involves controlling our attention, switching focus, and metacognition.