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Chpt 2: Cognitive & Language Development
Educational Psychology (UTSA Professor Smith)
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Undergraduate 3
02/12/2013

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Assimilation
Definition
fitting new information into exsisiting schemas
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Accomodation
Definition
Altering or creating new schemes in response to new information
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Conservation
Definition
some characteristics of an object stay the same despite the changes in appearance
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Equilibration
Definition
search for mental balance between cognitive schemes & infromation from the enviroment
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Schemes
Definition
mental systems or categories of perception and expirenece
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Scaffolding
Definition
support for learning and problem solving
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Zone of Proximal Development
Definition
phase of at which a child can master a task if given the appropriate help
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Private Speech
Definition
children's self-talk, which guides their thinking & action
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Self-Concept
Definition
individuals' knowledge & beliefs about themselves
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Self-esteem
Definition
the value we impose on our own characteristic, abilties, and behaviors
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Object Perminance
Definition
understanding that objects seperate, perminant exsistance
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