a
stage theory in which human cognitive processes are posited to develop within up to five periods during the lifespan
. In the first, the acquisitive stage, an individual's primary cognitive task is to acquire knowledge and intellectual skills.
What is the acquisitive stage?
Acquisitive stage—Acquisitive stage spans all of childhood and adolescence. During this stage,
a person acquires and accumulates knowledge
(Schaie, 2005). … During this period, a person applies his/her intelligence and accumulated knowledge to attain career and family goals (Schaie & Willis, 2002).
What are Schaie's stages?
- Stage of acquisition. It develops during the first of the questions and corresponds to the childhood and the adolescence. …
- Stage of attainment. …
- Stage of responsibility. …
- Executive stage. …
- Stage of reorganisation. …
- Stage reintegrativa. …
- Stage of creation of legacy.
What is the reintegrative stage?
reintegrative stage.
the period of late adulthood during which the focus is on tasks that have personal meaning
.
What do Postformal thinkers do?
Postformal thinkers
do not wait for someone else to present a problem to solve
. They take a flexible and comprehensive approach, considering various aspects of a situation beforehand, anticipating problems, dealing with difficulties in a timely manner rather than denying, avoiding or procrastinating.
What is Piaget's first stage of cognitive development?
Sensorimotor stage
: birth to 2 years. Preoperational stage: ages 2 to 7. Concrete operational stage: ages 7 to 11. Formal operational stage: ages 12 and up.
What is Levinson's theory?
Levinson's Theory:
Stages of Adult Life
| Human Development | Psychology. … This term refers to the underlying patterns of a person's life at a particular time, an evolving cognitive framework reflecting an individual's views about the nature and meaning of his or her life.
What age does middle adulthood end?
Early Adulthood: Ages 17-45 (with 40 – 45 being the Midlife Transition years) Middle Adulthood:
Ages 40-65
(with 60-65 being the Late Adult Transition years) Late Adulthood: Ages 60-85. Late Late Adulthood: Ages 85+
What body part continues to grow in size and weight early adulthood?
Even though
bones
stop growing in length in early adulthood, they can continue to increase in thickness or diameter throughout life in response to stress from increased muscle activity or to weight.
What happens in the formal operational stage?
The formal operational stage is characterized by
the ability to formulatehypotheses and systematically test them to arrive at an answer to a problem
. The individual in the formal stage is also able to think abstractly and tounderstand the form or structure of a mathematical problem.
Who introduced the concept of Reintegrative shaming?
It was developed by
Australian criminologist John Braithwaite
at Australian National University in 1989. It is related to the emerging perspective of positive criminology, developed by the Israeli criminologist Natti Ronel and his research team.
Which criticism has been applied to Piaget's theory of cognitive development?
A major criticism stems from the very nature of a stage theory. The stages may be inaccurate or just plain wrong. Weiten (1992) points out that
Piaget may have underestimated the development of young children
.
What are the characteristics of Postformal thinking?
Postformal thought is often described as
more flexible, logical, willing to accept moral and intellectual complexities
, and dialectical than previous stages in development.
What is an example of Postformal thinking?
Examples of Postformal Thought
The
means of getting happiness or satisfaction are relative
―varies from person to person―but what we want to derive from them is absolute – the feeling. A person may have learned about diet and exercise in school or college.
What is the hallmark of Postformal thought?
The hallmark of this type of thinking is
the ability to think abstractly or to consider possibilities and ideas about circumstances never directly experienced
.
What are the five stages of cognitive development?
- Sensorimotor. Birth through ages 18-24 months.
- Preoperational. Toddlerhood (18-24 months) through early childhood (age 7)
- Concrete operational. Ages 7 to 11.
- Formal operational. Adolescence through adulthood.
