Exam 12: Cognitive Development

Though newborn babies require a long period of time to develop language skills, evidence suggests that, while in the womb

Theory of mind, or the ability for children to understand that other people think and have minds, just as they do, develops during this stage.

According to Kohlberg's cognitive developmental theory of moral reasoning, younger adolescents should demonstrate this level of morality.

Haidt (2001) stated that moral judgments are frequently intuitive and emotional rather than rational, and so his theory is called

According to Kohlberg, this stage is generally characteristic of younger school-aged children, and describes moral judgements based on the prospect of reward or punishment

Louie is convinced that something is wrong but he is unable to explain why. Louie is ________.

This term refers to the internal and individual motivation to master understanding

According to Piaget's constructivist theory, __________mark the onset of adolescents, adolescents can juggle ideas and apply logical reasoning in a system manner.

__________is the understanding that objects continue to exist when they are no longer in view.

Two-month-old Jacqueline has some understanding of object permanence because she reacts to her mother's attempts to engage in games of peek-a-boo. According to Piaget Jacqueline is in this stage of development.

Researchers have found that children much younger than four appear to demonstrate some understanding of the reasoning underlying behaviour. This is known as

Jean Piaget suggested instead that each infant and child passively assimilates an understanding of the world based on his or her sensory input, but does not do much in the way of actively constructing a model of the world

Decety et al (2008) found when viewing images of pain, children