NAME CRISLIE B.

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ACTIVITY 1
Topic: Piaget's Stages of Cognitive Development

1. Define each of the following concepts"

  
 a. Schema

 A schema is a cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information.
Schemas can be useful because they allow us to take shortcuts in interpreting the vast amount of
information that is available in our environment.

 b. Assimilation

 Refers to the process through which individuals and groups of differing heritages acquire the
basic habits, attitudes, and mode of life of an embracing culture.
 c. Accommodation 

 Refers to the part of the adaptation process. The process of accommodation involves altering
one's existing schemas, or ideas, as a result of new information or new experiences. New schemas
may also be developed during this process.

 d. Equilibrium

 Equilibrium occurs when a child's schemas can deal with most new information through
assimilation.
 Disequilibrium occurs when new information cannot be fitted into existing schemas
(assimilation).

 e. Cognitive Equilibrium

 A state of balance between individuals' mental schemata, or frameworks, and their environment.
Such balance occurs when their expectations, based on prior knowledge, fit with new knowledge.
2. Explain each of the Stages of Cognitive Development.

  a. Stage 1 - Sensory Motor Stage

 This is the first stage of a child's life, It begins at birth and lasts through age 2. During this period,
the child learns about the world by using their senses to interact with their surroundings.

  b. Stage 1 - Pre-Operational Stage

 This stage occurs from the age of 2 to 7 years. In the preoperational stage, children use symbols
to represent words, images, and ideas, which is why children in this stage engage in pretend play.

 c. Concrete Operational Stage

 Children typically reach this stage, which is characterized by logical reasoning about real
situations without being influenced by changes in appearances, at the age of seven or eight.

 d. Stage 4  - Formal Operational Stage

 The formal operational stage begins at approximately age 12 and lasts into adulthood. As
adolescents enter this stage, they gain the ability to think in an abstract manner by
manipulating ideas in their head, without any dependence on concrete manipulation