JEAN PIAGET'S "COGNITIVE THEORY" Flashcards

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INFANT: Sensori-Motor

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  • Primary circular reaction (body is center of attention)
  • “instinct” for survival purposes
    FOCUS: Particular body part/object
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TODDLER and PRE-SCHOOLER:
Pre-operational

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  • Secondary circular reaction (from body to environment)
  • improved thinking and learning
  • Simple classification (basic colors, numbers, shapes, sizes)
  • “egocentric thinking” selfish thinking
  • instinct in what is naturally good or bad
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SCHOOL AGE: Concrete Operational

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  • Coordination of secondary reaction
  • logical analysis, understand POV of others
  • mental classification, ordering activities
  • basic problem solving
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ADOLESCENCE: Formal Operational

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  • Tertiary circular reaction (trial and error)
  • abstract thinking, hypothetical thinking “what if”
  • futuristic thinking, casual relationship
  • systematic problem solving, inductive and deductive reasoning
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