concrete operational stage

Question 1

overview of the cognitive changes

Answer 1

• occurs between ages 7-12
• children experience more sophisticated logical thought, and mental operations can be performed
• consequences of an event can be accurately imagined without the event needing to happen

Question 2

define one accomplishment

Answer 2

classification is the ability to organise objects or events into categories based on common features that set them apart from others

Question 3

one original example of this accomplishment

Answer 3

if a child saw 4 black horses, a brown horse and 3 brown cows, they would be able to group together the brown and black horses as they look similar and the cows separately, even though one of the horses is the same colour as the cows.

Question 4

describe how a child who has acquired the chosen accomplishment would play with the toy

Answer 4

the child would separate all the fruits correctly, as they have taken into account all common features and not just one. this includes the colour, shape and size.

Question 5

describe how a child without this accomplishment would play with the toy

Answer 5

the child might group the oranges and apples together since they have the same shape, disregarding the difference in colour. this is because they can only focus on one specific feature and exclude the others entirely.