psychology

• what are the 4 stages of piagets cognitive development?

  Sensorimotor 0-2 , Preoperational 2-7 , Concrete Operational 7-11 , Formal Operational 11 plus
• what is the sensorimotor stage 0-2?


  Piaget's first stage of cognitive development where infants learn about the world through their senses and actions.

  object performance and goal directed behaviour
• what is object performance?

  Understanding that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible.
• what is goal directed behaviour?


  able to complete a task for an outcome
• what is pre operational stage 2-7?


  symbolic, thinking and understanding transformation and growing out the characteristic thinking types such as animism

  this stage they can talk about things that arent present
• what is concrete operational stage 7-11?


  can perform several mental operation on real, concrete object and actual events

  reversibility

  conservation

  classification - sort objects into groups based on features that are similar or different
• what is formal operational stage, 11 plus?


  hypothetical deducting reasoning- considering possible courses of actions and use logical to determine likely consequences

  abstract thinking - observing, visualise, experiencing or manipulating something
• what is normality?

  patterns or behaviour that are typical and expected or conform to standard or what is accepted
• what is abnormal?

  Deviation from the norm. behaviour that are unsual, atypical or out of ordinary
• what is neurotypical?

  individuals that have a standard brain or normal brain function, process and behaviour
• what is adaptive?

  any behaviour, emotional responses or cognitive process that enables us to adjust to our environment
• what is maladaptive?

  emotions, behaviours or cognitive that interfere with our ability to adjust to our environment
• what are the environmental factors? (external)


  emotional, sociocultural, learning, prenatal and physical
• what is emotional in environmental factors?

  attachment, close interpersonal relationship and comfort
• what are sociocultural in environmental factors?

  societal norms, values, beliefs religion, social norms and income
• what is learning in environmental factor?

  sensory input, stimulation, play, quality of environment
• what is prenatal in environmental factors?

  mother nutrition while preg, alcohol / drugs