文档介绍：Chapter 2 Theories of Development
is development?
Development refers to the ways people grow, adapt, and change during their lifetimes.
physical development, personality development, socioemotional development, cognitive development(thinking), and language development.
is development?
Discussion:
Do you think development is continuous or discontinuous? And why?
Theories by Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson, and Kohlberg are discontinuous(stage)theories of stage theories believed that distinct stages of development can be identified and described.
The question of continuous and discontinuous development is by no means settled.
How did Piaget view cognitive development?
Piaget saw the development of a child' s intellectual, or cognitive abilities as progressing through four distinct stages. Each stage is characterized by the emergence of abilities.
For Piaget, development depends in large part on the child' s manipulation of and active interaction with the environment. In Piaget' s view, es from action.
How did Piaget view cognitive development?
The main concepts in Piaget' s theory
※schemes:
the patterns of behavior or thinking that children and adults use in dealing with objects in the world are called schemes.
※assimilation and modation:
Assimilation occurs when the baby uses a scheme on a new object. It is basically the process of incorporating a new object or event into an existing involves taking in new information, filtering or modification of input so that it fits their existing scheme.
How did Piaget view cognitive development?
The main concepts in Piaget' s theory
※schemes:
※assimilation and modation:
Piaget used modation to describe the changing of an existing scheme to fit new objects.
※equilibration:
How did Piaget view cognitive development?
The main concepts in Piaget' s theory
※schemes:
※assimilation and modation:
※equilibration:
the process of restoring balance bet