Glos

GLO 2: Evaluate psychological research (that is, theories and/or studies) relevant to development psychology.

Research 1: Piaget (“Little Scientists” going out and testing the world).

Intelligence is under genetic control and develops in the form of predisposed stages.

Over time, children construct their view of the world through mental frameworks of understanding called schemas.

Children do not passively receive their knowledge; they are curious, self-motivated and seek out information to construct their own understanding of the environment.

1. The sensorimotor stage (0-2)

2. The pre-operational stage (2-7)

3. The concrete operational stage (7-11)

4. The formal operational stage (11-upwards)

+ Evaluation:

Piaget was the first comprehensive theory of child development, which generated debate and research.

Piaget modified his theories every time new evidence came to light.

First to investigate whether biological maturation drove cognitive development and his vision of a child having cognitive changes