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L5 Assignment 1

L5 Assignment 1

Q 1. Read/study Chapter Six of the textbook Children: Cognitive Development in Infancy. 2. Choose one of these two options: 1. Create/Submit Two-Column Notes on Chapter Six making sure to put the definitions/explanations in your own wording. OR 1. Define the Key Terms at the end of Chapter Six on page 186. Please number all 38, and to the extent you can, put the definitions in your own words. Your grade depends on how fully you explain your definitions and provide examples of each term--as if the professor had never heard of these terms.

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What is Piaget’s theory of cognitive development? - Jean Piaget developed a theory of cognitive development. - According to him, children create their own cognitive worlds, constructing mental structures to adjust to their surroundings. Assimilation - Interpreting new experiences in terms of pre-existing schemas - Example: calling all animals with four legs doggies Accommodation - Adapting one's current understandings (schemas) to incorporate new information. - Children learn to accommodate new information or situation by learning new word to more accurately name the animal.