Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
24 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
conservation
|
amount stays the same regardless of shape it may take
|
|
|
constructivism
|
learners construct body of knowledge rather than absorb information
|
|
|
assimilation
|
dealing with event that is consistent with existing scheme
|
|
|
accomodation
|
dealing with new event by modifying an existing scheme or forming a new one
|
|
|
equilibrium
|
address new events using existing schemes
|
|
|
disequilibrium
|
unable to address new events using existing schemes
|
|
|
equilibration
|
moving between eqilibrium and disequilibrium (adaptation)
|
|
|
schemes
|
organized group of actions or thoughts used repeatedly
|
|
|
operations
|
systems of logical thought
|
|
|
goal-directed behavior
|
intentional behavior brings anticipated outcome
|
|
|
object permanence
|
things exist even when they are out of sight
|
|
|
sensorimotor
|
birth to 2
|
|
|
preoperational
|
2 to 6 or 7
|
|
|
concrete operations
|
6 or 7 to 11-12
|
|
|
formal operations
|
11-12 to adulthood
|
|
|
sensory register
|
part of memory that holds information for a few seconds
|
|
|
working memory
|
part of memory that helps people think about and process small bits of information. Attention is required to move information from sensory register to working memory
|
|
|
long-term memory
|
part of memory that keeps knowledge and skills for a long time. It has unlimited capacity to hold information.Elaboration (making connections) and rehearsal (repition) are ways to get information into long term memory
|
|
|
Automatization
|
responding quickly and efficiently processing and performing tasks
|
|
|
infantile amnesia
|
people have little memory of what happened during first 2 years of life due to immaturity of brain structures and inability to retrieve where and how information was stored.
|
|
|
schemas
|
tightly integrated sets of ideas about specific objects or situations
|
|
|
scripts
|
schema for a predictable sequence of events
|
|
|
metacognition
|
knowledge and control over one's own mental processes
|
|
|
metacognitive awareness
|
what you know about your own thinking - reflecting on one's own through process - increases with age
|
