2. Piaget Flashcards
What is genetic epistemology? (Piaget PCA)
The study of the origins of knowledge
What is the term that best describes synthesis of nature and nurture? (Piaget PCA)
Constructivism
According to Piaget, what is the child throughout development? (Piaget PCA)
An active agent
What is the physical properties of knowledge known as? (Piaget PCA)`
Physical knowledge
What is our actions upon objects known as? (Piaget PCA)
Logical mathematical knowledge
What must occur in order to progress to the next stage of development? (Piaget PCA)
Meeting the requirements of the previous stage
What is children’s knowledge organised into? (Piaget PCA)
Schemas
What do early schemas involve? (Piaget PCA)
Internalised action
What do later schemas involve? (Piaget PCA)
Intellectual activity
What is a key principle according to Piaget? (Piaget PCA)
Adaptation and organisation
What is assimilation? (Piaget PCA)
Incorporating new objects from the environment into pre-existing schemas
What is accommodation? (Piaget PCA)
Modifying schemas in response to a new object or event
What is equilibration? (Piaget PCA)
A sequential pattern of self-regulation to achieve a balance between maintaining existing schemas and modifying them to deal with new information
What are the 4 stages to Piaget’s theory and what age group does it involve? (Piaget PCA)
- Sensorimotor (0-2)
- Pre-operational (2-7)
- Concrete operational (7-11)
- Former operations (11+)
What does the sensorimotor stage involve? (Piaget PCA)
Moving from reflexes to reflecting
What does the pre-operational stage involve? (Piaget PCA)
- Increased mental representations
- Difficulty in manipulation of mental representation
What does the concrete operational stage involve? (Piaget PCA)
- Classification in multiple dimension
- Understanding compensation
What does the former operational stage involve? (Piaget PCA)
- Dissociation of truth from logic
- Strategic planning
What is the object permanence of the sensorimotor stage? (Piaget PCA)
Recognition that objects exist in the absence of any sensory perception (out of sight, out of mind)
What is the mental representations of the sensorimotor stage? (Piaget PCA)
Allows for an understanding of object permanence, e.g. pretend play
What is egocentrism? (Piaget PCA)
A child only being able to see view points of their own
