What is the term that refers to the stage of cognitive development between seven and 12 years of age which is characterized by the active inappropriate use of logic?

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Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

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Concrete operational stage

The period of cognitive development between 7 and 12 years of age, characterized by the active and appropriate use of logic

Memory

The process by which information is initially recorded, stored, and retrieved

Metamemory

An understanding about the processes that underlie memory that emerges and improves during middle childhood

Metalinguistic awareness

An understanding of one's own use of language

Bilingualism

The ability to speak two languages

Multicultural education

Education in which the goal is to help students from minority cultures develop competence in the culture of the majority group while maintaining positive group identities that build on their original cultures

Cultural assimilation model

The view of American society as a "melting pot" in which all cultures are amalgamated

Pluralistic society model

The concept that American society is made up of diverse, coequal cultures that should preserve their individual features

Bicultural identity

The maintenance of one's original cultural identity while becoming integrated into the majority culture

Emotional intelligence

The set of skills that underlie the accurate assessment, evaluation, expression, and regulation of emotions

Teacher expectancy effect

The phenomenon whereby an educator's expectations for a given child actually bring about the expected behavior

Intelligence

The capacity to understand the world, think rationally, and use resources effectively when faced with challenges

Mental age

The typical intelligence level found for people of a given chronological age

Chronological (physical) age

A person's age according to the calendar

Intelligence quotient (IQ)

A score that expresses the ratio between a person's mental and chronological ages

Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, Fifth Edition (SB5)

A test that consists of a series of items that vary according to the age of the person being tested

Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition (WISC-IV)

A test for children that provides separate measures of verbal and performance (nonverbal) skills, as well as a total score

Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II)

An intelligence test that measures children's ability to integrate different stimuli simultaneously and step-by-step thinking

Fluid intelligence

Intelligence that reflects information processing capabilities, reasoning, and memory

Crystallized intelligence

The accumulation of information, skills, and strategies that people have learned through experience and that they can apply in problem-solving situations

Triarchic theory of intelligence

The belief that intelligence consists of three aspects of information processing: the componential element, the experiential element, and the contextual element

Mental retardation (intellectual disability)

A significantly subaverage level of intellectual functioning that occurs with related limitations in two or more skill areas

Mild retardation

Intellectual disability with IQ scores in the range of 50 or 55 to 70

Moderate retardation

Intellectual disability with IQ scores from around 35 or 40 to 50 to 55

Severe retardation

Intellectual disability with IQ scores that range from around 20 or 25 to 35 or 40

Profound retardation

Intellectual disability with IQ scores below 20 or 25

Gifted and talented

Showing evidence of high performance capability in intellectual, creative, or artistic areas, in leadership capacity, or in specific academic fields

Acceleration

The provision of special programs that allow gifted students to move ahead at their own pace, even if this means skipping to higher grade levels

Enrichment

Approach through which students are kept at grade level but are enrolled in special programs and given individual activities to allow greater depth of study on a given topic

Decentering

The ability to take multiple aspects of a situation into account

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What is the term that refers to the stage of cognitive development between seven and 12 years of age?

The concrete operational stage is the third stage in Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This period lasts around seven to eleven years of age, and is characterized by the development of organized and rational thinking.

What stage of cognitive development is a 12 year old?

Around the age of 11 or 12, children learn to think about abstract concepts. They complete what Piaget termed the concrete operational period and enter the formal operation period.

What are the stages of cognitive development from birth to 7 years?

Piaget's four stages of intellectual (or cognitive) development are:.
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..

What are the 4 stages of Piaget's cognitive development?

Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)