Document Sample  A. Key Piagetian Concepts          1. Piaget
believed children move through four stages of development
between infancy and adolescence.          2. During the
sensorimotor stage, infants and toddlers "think" with their
eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.          3.
What Changes With Development: a. Piaget believed a child's
schemes change with age. b. Schemes are action-based at first
and later will move to a mental level.          4. How Cognitive
Change Takes Place: a. Adaptation 1) Adaptation is the process
of building schemes through direct interaction with the
environment, 2) Assimilation is a part of adaptation in which
the external world is interpreted through existing schemes. 3)
Accommodation is the part of adaptation in which new schemes are
created or old ones adjusted to produce a better fit with the
environment. 4) Equilibrium exists when children are not
changing very much and they are in a steady, comfortable
cognitive state; assimilation is used more than acc