Hd Chap2

Front 1

The baby understands the world through her senses and motor actions; she begins to use simple symbols,such as single words and pretend play,near the end of this period.

Back 1

Sensorimotor
Birth - 18 months

Hint 1

Piaget's cognitive developmental stage where infants use information from their senses and motor actions to learn about the world.

Front 2

By age 2 the child can use symbols both to think and to communicate; he developes the ability to take other's points of view,classify objects,and use simple logic by the end of this stage.

Back 2

Preoperational
18 months to 6 years

Hint 2

Piaget's cognitive development stages

Front 3

The child's logic takes a great leap forward with the development of new internal operations , such as conservation and class inclusion, but is still tied to the known world; by the end of the period he can reason about simple what if questions.

Back 3

Concrete operational
6-12 years

Hint 3

Piaget's cognitive developmental stages

Front 4

The child begins to manipulate ideas as well as objects; she thinks hypothetically and, by adulthood, can easily manage a variety of what if questions; she greatly improves her ability to organize ideas and objects mentally.

Back 4

Formal operational
12+

Hint 4

Piaget's cognitive developmental stages

Front 5

In Piaget's theory, an internal cognitive structure that provides an individual with a procedure to use in a specific circumstance.

Back 5

scheme

Front 6

The process of using a scheme to make sense of an event or experience.

Back 6

assimilation

Hint 6

Piaget would say that a baby who grasps a toy is assimilating it to his grasping scheme.