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EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The influence and interaction of:
genetic factors brain changes cognitive factors coping abilities cultural factors
Temperament
-stable differences in attention, arousal, and reaction to new situations -also affects level of arousal and the development of emotional behaviors.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
how a person perceives, thinks, and gains an understanding of his or her world through the interaction and influence of genetic and learned factors
Assimilation
- using old methods or experiences to deal with new situations
Accommodation
changing old
methods to
deal with or
adjust to new
situations
Piagets Theory
4 different cognitive stages:
1. Sensorimotor 2. Preoperational 3. Concrete operations
4. Formal operations
sensorimotor
(0-2 years)
preoperational
(2-7 years)
Conservation:
even though the shape of some object or substance is changed, the total amount remains the same
use symbols, such as words or mental images, to solve simple problems and to think or talk about things that are not present
Egocentric thinking
seeing and thinking of the world only from your own viewpoint and having difficulty appreciating someone elses viewpoint
concrete
(7-11 years)
Conservation Classiffication
formal
(12- years)
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develop the ability to think about and solve abstract and hypothetical problems in a logical manner