lecture 5

Question 1

piagets stage theory

Answer 1

sensori-motor
preoperational
concrete operational
formal operational

Question 2

sensori motor

Answer 2

motor activity- all things learned are based on experiences

Question 3

pre operational

Answer 3

development of language , memory and imagination - symbolic thought

Question 4

concrete operational

Answer 4

methodical and logical manipulation of symbols

Question 5

formal operational

Answer 5

use of symbols to relate to abstract concepts

Question 6

Piaget stages do not

Answer 6

occur at the same age but occur universally and same order

Question 7

Piaget says children are

Answer 7

active agents - progressive adaptation to the environment

Question 8

assimilation

Answer 8

relating new info to pre existing structures

Question 9

accomadation

Answer 9

developing the old structures into new ones because of contradictions

Question 10

weaknesses of Piaget theory

Answer 10

overestimates the consistency of Childs responses - children vary in the reasoning used
level of reasoning can be dependent on task and context
Piaget ignores the role of education

Question 11

pre operational stage more info

Answer 11

reorganisation of thinking into mental operations

lack of logical reasoning

Question 12

concrete operations more info

Answer 12

beginnings of verbal reasoning
able to consider two different views simultaneously
able to recognise logical necessity - reversibility
able to consider alternative views

Question 13

formal operations more info

Answer 13

not universal
beginnings of scientific thought
able to formulate rules that go beyond specific instances
-ethics, justice, etc

Question 14

Piaget tasks

Answer 14

solving in the concrete operational stage

two types of tasks - classification and conservation

Question 15

classification task

Answer 15

are there more brown beads than wooden beads

Question 16

conservation task

Answer 16

children believe there is more water in a tall thin cup than a short small cup

Question 17

naughty teddy task

Answer 17

mpcgarrigle and Donaldson-

children asked if there are the same number of counters after a naughty teddy messed it up

Question 18

criticism of naughty teddy task

Answer 18

did children really understand the task

Moore and frye- naughty teddy added some counters but still the same length

Question 19

testing egocentrism

Answer 19

making human sense
hughes- asked children where the robber could hide from the policeman
3 year olds were 90% correct

Question 20

formal operational reasoning

Answer 20

balance beam task - seigler

few children worked out the maths rule

Question 21

information processing

Answer 21

Ziegler-
children have at any one time , multiple ways of thinking about topics
contrast Piaget

Question 22

representational redescription

Answer 22

karmiloff and smith