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Developmental Psychology |
The study of how humans grow, develop, and change throughout the life span |
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Schemes |
Plans of action, based on previous experiences, to be used in similar circumstances |
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Assimilation |
The process by which new objects, events, experiences or information is incorporated into existing schemes |
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Accommodation |
The process by which existing schemes are modified and new schemes created incorporate new objects, events, experiences or information . |
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Conservation |
The concept that a given quantity of matter remains the same despite being rearranged or changed in appearance, as long as noting is added or taken away |
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Reversibility
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The realization that any change in the shape, position or order of matter can be reversed mentally |
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Hypothetic-deductive thinking |
The ability to case logical reasoning on a hypothetical premise |
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Naive Indealism |
A type of thought in which adolescents construct ideal solutions for problems |
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Imaginary audience |
A belief of adolescents that they are or will be the focus of attention in social situations and that others will be as critical or approving as they are of themselves |
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Personal Fable |
An exaggerated sense of personal uniqueness and indestructibility, which may be the basis for adolescents risk taking. |
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What are the 4 stages of Piaget's Cognitive Development |
1. Sensorimotor 2. Peroperational 3. Concrete Operational 4. Formal Operational |
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Sensorimotor |
0 to 2 - infinte experiencing the world through their senses, actions and body moment. |
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Preoparational |
2 to 7 able to reoresent object and events mentally with words and images, They can engage in imaginary play, using one object to represent another. They fail to consider the perspective of others. |
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Concerete Operational |
7 to 12 Children |
