cognition and development -piagets stages

Question 1

how many piagets developmental stages are there?

Answer 1

4

Question 2

what are piagets 4 developmental stages?

Answer 2

1.sensorinotor stage
2.pre-operational stage
3.stage of concrete operations
4.formal operations

Question 3

what is involved in stage 1 -sensorimotor stage?

Answer 3

.0-2 years old
.basic co-ordination and language develop (physical development)
.object permanence at 8 months

Question 4

what is object permanence?

Answer 4

.children fail to understand that objects continue to exists even when they are no longer visible -they begin to learn objects still exist even when they are out of sight

Question 5

what is involved in stage 2 -pre-operational stage?

Answer 5

.2-7 years old
.egocentrism
.lack of class inclusion
.struggle with conservation

Question 6

what is conservation?

Answer 6

.the basic mathematical understanding that quantity remains constant even when the appearance of an object changes

Question 7

what is the procedure of the study that is concerned with conservation?

Answer 7

.2 identical rows of counters placed next to each other
.asked children if they are the same or one row has more or less
.asked children again after increasing the space between counters

Question 8

what were the findings to the study that is concerned with conservation?

Answer 8

.pre-operational children said there were fewer counters

Question 9

what is meant by class inclusion?

Answer 9

.children fail to recognise there are subsets within larger classes

Question 10

what is the procedure of the study that is associated with class inclusion?

Answer 10

.showed 7-8 year old children pictures with different scenarios eg: 5 dogs and 2 cats
.asked ‘are there more dogs than animals’

Question 11

what were the findings of the study that is associated with class inclusion?

Answer 11

.younger children tend to respond that there are more dogs

Question 12

what is meant by egocentrism?

Answer 12

.means to see the world from one’s own point of view

Question 13

what study was done in support of egocentrism in stage 2?

Answer 13

.3 mountain task

Question 14

what was the procedure of the 3 mountain task?

Answer 14

.children is presented with 3 mountains and a doll sat next to the mountains
.child is asked to identify what the doll would see by selecting an image from a range of photographs

Question 15

what were the findings to the 3 mountain task?

Answer 15

.pre-operational children often choose the picture which matched their own view because they can’t understand that other people see different things

Question 16

what is involved in stage 3 -stage of concrete operations?

Answer 16

.7-11 years old
.child developed basic logic so can perform tasks of decentring, conservation and class inclusion
.logical operations require physical objects, they struggle with abstract ideas

Question 17

what is involved in stage 4 -formal operations?

Answer 17

.children become capable of full adult reasoning, including abstract ideas and scientific reasoning
.children display idealistic thinking -how things should be rather than how they are