Piaget

Question 1

What is Piaget’s theory?

Answer 1

Cognitive development

Question 2

What are the four stages of Piaget’s theory? (some people can’t focus)

Answer 2

Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage

Question 3

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 3

0-2yrs - 5 senses eg. hearing, sight, smell, touch, and taste

Question 4

Preoperational phase

Answer 4

2-7yrs - Development of language, memory, and imagination

Question 5

Concrete operational stage

Answer 5

7-11yrs - Less egocentric and more aware of outside world/events

Question 6

Formal operational

Answer 6

11yrs - Grasp abstract concepts and relationships eg love and hate

Question 7

What is the 3 mountain task

Answer 7

Children are looking at a model and are asked how it looks from a different perspective different from their own eg. egocentric

Question 8

Define object permanence

Answer 8

Understanding objects still exist even if not in view

Question 9

Define symbolic thought

Answer 9

Representation of reality through abstract concepts

Question 10

Define operational thought

Answer 10

Mental actions that are reversible

Question 11

Define abstract concept

Answer 11

Thought process where ideas are the focus

Question 12

Define schema

Answer 12

The framework that organizes and interprets info

Question 13

Define assimilation

Answer 13

Interpreting new experiences in terms of our schema

Question 14

Define accommodation

Answer 14

Adapting our current understandings to include new info

Question 15

Define classification

Answer 15

Ability to use the info to solve problems

Question 16

Define conservation

Answer 16

Logical thinking allows a person to determine that a certain quantity will remain the same despite adjustment to the container. Tall glass, short glass