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AP Psychology

AP Psychology. 10/8/13. Essential Question. How important is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? Evaluate each stage in terms of its influence on understanding, accuracy, and critiques. Piaget. Early 1900s—constructivism. Much different understanding of human mind—he argued what?

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AP Psychology

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  1. AP Psychology 10/8/13

  2. Essential Question • How important is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? • Evaluate each stage in terms of its influence on understanding, accuracy, and critiques.

  3. Piaget • Early 1900s—constructivism. • Much different understanding of human mind—he argued what? • What is a schema?

  4. Assimilating & Accommodating • The schemas that humans are influenced by our experiences: we assimilate experiences & accommodate schemas. • Assimilating: dogs have four legs, so four-legged animals are dogs. A cow is a dog. • Accommodating: other animals have four legs, so we need new names for these animals. Cows, dogs, and cats are all categories for animals now. • Come up with your own example of assimilating & accommodating within schemas.

  5. Sensorimotor • Key idea: senses • Ages: birth - 2 years • Object permanence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDfDYt-E9Kc • Stranger anxiety: around 8 months, those who are unknown are identified as potentially threatening

  6. Preoperational • Key idea: developing mental skills • Ages: 2 - 6 or 7 years • Conservation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLj0IZFLKvg • Egocentrism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OinqFgsIbh0 • Theory of mind: the ability to infer others’ mental states

  7. Concrete Operational • Key idea: thinking logically • Ages: 6 or 7 - 7 or 11 years • Understand conservation & mathematical transformations

  8. Formal Operational • Key idea: thinking abstractly • Ages: 12 - adulthood • Abstract logic (if x, then y. x, so y) • Imagined situations & symbols are understood

  9. Piaget’s stages of cognitive development • Create a short poem that will help your classmates remember each stage. • 2-3 people per group

  10. Critiquing Piaget… RIGHT WRONG

  11. Essential Question • How important is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? • Evaluate each stage in terms of its influence on understanding, accuracy, and other critiques.

  12. Homework • Pages 154-173

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