What is accommodation?

Accommodation is changing an existing schema, or creating a new one, to fit new information. A toddler who learns that a cat is not a dog forms a new schema for cats.

What happens in the sensori-motor stage?

The sensori-motor stage lasts from birth to about 2 years. Babies learn through their senses and movements and gradually develop object permanence.

What is object permanence?

Object permanence is understanding that an object still exists when it is out of sight. A baby who searches for a toy hidden under a blanket has object permanence.

OCR GCSE Psychology J203

Criminal Psychology

Topic overview Types of crime and how crime is measured Social learning theory of crime and Cooper and Mackie's study Eysenck's criminal personality theory and Heaven's study Punishment, rehabilitation and restorative justice

Development

Topic overview Stages of development, the brain and IQ tests Structure of the brain Piaget's theory of cognitive development Piaget's conservation of number study and education Dweck's mindsets, Willingham and Blackwell's study

Psychological Problems

Topic overview Mental health, prevalence and changing attitudes Stigma, discrimination and the effects of mental health problems Schizophrenia and its explanations Clinical depression and its explanations Treatments and neuropsychology

Social Influence

Topic overview Conformity, crowds and culture Obedience and Bickman's uniform study Personality, the brain and the August riots Minority and majority influence on mental health stigma

Memory

Topic overview Information processing and the multi-store model Amnesia and the Clive Wearing case Reconstructive memory and Braun's Disney study Memory in advertising and the Wechsler Memory Scale

Sleep and Dreaming

Topic overview Sleep stages, functions and body clocks Freud's theory of dreaming and the Wolfman Activation synthesis theory and bizarre dreams Insomnia and its treatment

Research Methods

Topic overview Hypotheses, variables and experimental designs Sampling and ethical guidelines Experiments, interviews and questionnaires Observations, case studies and correlations Descriptive statistics, tables and graphs Reliability, validity and bias The five core areas of psychology

Development

Piaget's theory of cognitive development

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Invariant stages, schemas, assimilation and accommodation, object permanence, animism and egocentrism, decentration, reversibility and conservation, and reductionist and holistic views.

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What did Piaget mean by four invariant stages of development?

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What is a schema in Piaget's theory?

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What is assimilation?

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What did Piaget mean by four invariant stages of development?
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Piaget claimed that children's thinking passes through four stages, each qualitatively different from the last. The stages always occur in the same order, and no stage can be skipped.
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What is a schema in Piaget's theory?
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A schema is a mental framework of knowledge about an object, action or idea. Children build and adjust their schemas as they explore the world.
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What is assimilation?
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Assimilation is fitting new information into an existing schema without changing the schema. A toddler who calls every four-legged animal a dog is assimilating.
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What is accommodation?
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Accommodation is changing an existing schema, or creating a new one, to fit new information. A toddler who learns that a cat is not a dog forms a new schema for cats.
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What happens in the sensori-motor stage?
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The sensori-motor stage lasts from birth to about 2 years. Babies learn through their senses and movements and gradually develop object permanence.
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What is object permanence?
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Object permanence is understanding that an object still exists when it is out of sight. A baby who searches for a toy hidden under a blanket has object permanence.

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