The Growth of Knowledge: Crash Course Psychology #18

How does our knowledge grow? It turns out there are some different ideas about that. Schemas, Four-Stage Theory of Cognitive Development, and Vygotsky s Theory of Scaffolding all play different roles but the basic idea is that children think about things very differently than adults. Hank explains in today s episode of Crash Course Psychology. Want more videos about psychology? Check out our sister channel SciShow Psych at https://www.youtube.com/scishowpsych! -- Chapters: Introduction: Cognitive Development 00:00 Maturation 1:23 Jean Piaget s Theory of Cognitive Development 1:45 Schemas 2:39 Assimilation & Accommodation 3:03 Sensorimotor Stage of Cognitive Development 3:37 Preoperational Stage of Cognitive Development 4:37 Concrete Operational Stage of Cognitive Development 6:40 Formal Operational Stage of Cognitive Development 7:06 Reception of Piaget s Four-Step Model 7:20 Vygotsky s Theory of Scaffolding 7:48 Review & Credits 8:58 -- Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet? Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/TheCrashCourse Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thecrashcourse/ CC Kids: http://www.youtube.com/crashcoursekids