9 terms in T11
Cognition and development
Piaget argued that children build knowledge through mental frameworks called schemas. When new information challenges a
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Piaget argued that children think differently at different ages. Each stage of development has distinct mental abilities
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Vygotsky argued that children learn best through guidance from a more skilled person. The zone of proximal development i
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Renée Baillargeon argued that babies understand basic physical rules far earlier than Piaget claimed. Her research showe
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Violation of expectation is a research method that measures how long babies stare at an event. Babies stare longer at im
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Selman described five stages children pass through as they learn to understand other people's thoughts and feelings. You
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Theory of mind is the ability to understand that other people have their own thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that differ
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
The Sally-Anne study tests whether a child understands that another person can hold a false belief. Children who pass th
Cognition and development
Cognition and development
Mirror neurons are brain cells that fire both when you perform an action and when you watch someone else do it. This sys
Cognition and development