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Santrock Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
Life-Span Development: A Topical Approach
John W. Santrock
Cognitive Processes and Development
Cognitive Developmental Approaches

Chapter Outline

  1. PIAGET'S COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
  2. II. PIAGET'S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
    1. Sensorimotor Thought
      1. Substages
      2. Object Permanence
      3. Evaluating Piaget's Sensorimotor Stage
    2. Preoperational Thought
      1. Symbolic Function Substage
      2. Intuitive Thought Substage
    3. Concrete Operational Thought
    4. Formal Operational Thought
      1. Abstract, Idealistic, and Logical Thinking
      2. Adolescent Egocentrism
  3. III. APPLYING AND EVALUATING PIAGET'S THEORY
    1. Piaget and Education
    2. Evaluating Piaget's Theory
      1. Contributions
      2. Criticisms
  4. IV. VYGOTSKY'S THEORY OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
    1. Zone of Proximal Development
    2. Scaffolding
    3. Language and Thought
    4. Teaching Strategies Based on Vygotsky's Theory
    5. Evaluating Vygotsky's Theory and Comparing it with Piaget's
  5. ADULT COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES
    1. Piaget's View
    2. Realistic and Pragmatic Thinking
    3. Reflective and Relativistic Thinking
    4. Is There a Fifth Postformal Stage?








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