1. COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT - PIAGETIAN THEORY
   
   
1. Assumptions
1. Stages/Discontinuous Development
2. Emphasis on Qualitative Differences
3. Strong Interaction between Biology and Environment
4. Active Role - " Constructs Knowledge"
   
   
2. Central Concepts
1. Scheme - "Ways of knowing"
2. Equilibrium - "Seeking balance between knowing (K) and experience (E)
3. Adaptation - "Change to achieve balance"
1. Assimilation - "Changing E to fit K"
2. Accommodation - "Changing K to fit E"
   
   
3. Sensorimotor (birth - 2 years)
1. Physical ways of knowing (schemes)
2. Reflexes to Mental Representation
3. Problem Solving
4. Deferred Imitation
   
   
4. Preoperations (2 - 7 years) or Semi-Logical Thought
1. Conservation (Number, Length, Quantity)
2. Preoperational Schemes are:
1. Centrated/Egocentric
2. Nonreversible
3. Unidimensional
4. Reasoning influenced by "sight" not by "knowing".
   
   
5. Concrete Operations (7 - 11 years) or Logical Thought
1. Conservation
2. Concrete Operational Schemes are:
1. Decentrated/Multiple Perspectives
2. Reversible
3. Multi-Dimensional/Co-ordinated
4. Reasoning influenced by knowing
   
   
6. Evaluation of Piagetian Theory
1. Competence vs. Performance
2. Insufficient Emphases on Cultural, Social & Emotional Factors