Gpsyc - Ch. 6

Front 1

a recognition of the knowledge; a mental representation that organizes knowledge.

Back 1

schema

Front 2

occurs when children incorporate new information into their exisiting schemes.

Back 2

assimilation

Front 3

occurs when children adjust their chemes to fit new information and experiences.

Back 3

accommodation

Front 4

the interaction of assimilation and accomadation.

Back 4

adaptation

Front 5

grouping isolated behaviors into a higher order, more smoothly functioning cognitive stystem.

Back 5

organization

Front 6

name the six substages of the sensorimotor stage.

Back 6

(1)simple reflexes; (2)first habits and primary circular reactions; (3)secondary circular reactions; (4)coordination of secondary circular reactions; (5)tertiary circular reactions, novelty, and curiosity; and (6)internalization of schemes

Front 7

the understanding that objects and events continue to exist when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

Back 7

object permanence

Front 8

name the two substages of the preoperational stage.

Back 8

(1)symbolic function; (2)intuitive thought

Front 9

inanimate objects have lifelike qualities and are capable of actions (stuffed animals, dolls, etc.)

Back 9

animism

Front 10

the inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and someone else's perspective.

Back 10

egocentrism

Front 11

the focusing of attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all others.

Back 11

centration

Front 12

the idea that an amount stays the same regardless of how its container changes.

Back 12

conservation

Front 13

a concrete opoeration that involves odering stimuli along a quantitative dimension (such as length)

Back 13

seriation

Front 14

if a relation holds between a first object and a second obejct, and also holds between the second object and a third object, then it also holds between the first and third objects.

Back 14

trasitivity

Front 15

the ability to develop hypotheses about ways to solve problems and can systematically deduce which is the best path to followin solving the problem.

Back 15

hypothetical deductive reasoning

Front 16

the heightened self-consciousness of adolescents, which is reflected in adolescents' beliefs that others are as interested in them as they are in themselves, and in adolescents' sense of personal uniqueness and invincibility.

Back 16

adolescent egocentrism

Front 17

the aspect of adolescent egocentrism that involves attention-getting behavior motivated by a desire to be noticed, visible, and "on stage".

Back 17

imaginary audience

Front 18

the part of adolescent egocentrism that involves an adolescent's sense of personal uniqueness and invincibility.

Back 18

personal fable

Front 19

Vygotzky's term for tasks too difficult for children to master alone but that can be mastered with assistance.

Back 19

zone of proximal development (ZPD)

Front 20

In cognitive development, Vygotsky used this term to describe the changing support over the course of a teaching session, with the more-skilled person adjusting guidance to fit the child's current performance level.

Back 20

scaffolding