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
3
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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