piaget

Question 1

piage stages

Answer 1

sensory motor
pre-opperational
concrete
formal

Question 2

sensory motor:

Answer 2

0-2
object permanence
characteristics.

Question 3

pre-opperational

Answer 3

2- 7
eco-centric
centration
animism
characteristic

Question 4

concrete

Answer 4

7-11
conservation
classification
reversibility
reciprocity

Question 5

formal

Answer 5

12+
abstract thinking
idealistic thinking

Question 6

critical period

Answer 6

critical period is defined as a special class of sensitive periods where behaviours and their neural substrates do not develop normally if appropriate stimulation is not received during a restricted period of time

Question 7

sensory period

Answer 7

Sensitive periods generally refer to a limited time window in development during which the effects of experience on the brain are unusually strong

Question 8

criticisms

Answer 8

• small smaple size
  used on children (biased)

Question 9

schema

Answer 9

is a theory of a mental structure, a way of organising and categorising thoughts and experiences

Question 10

• Accommodation

Answer 10

• the process of changing cognitive structures in order to accept something from the environment

Question 11

• Assimilation

Answer 11

the process of using or transforming the environment so that it can be placed in pre-existing cognitive structures

Question 12

a characteristic of sensory-motor

Answer 12

object permanence - the understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be sensed

Question 13

a characteristic of pre-opperational

Answer 13

Ecocentrism- is the inability to perceive a situation from another point of view
Centration - becoming completely fixed on one point, not allowing them to see the wider picture
Animism - is the belief that objects that are inanimate (not living) have feelings, thoughts, and have the mental characteristics and qualities of living things - stars twinkle in the sky because they are happy.

Question 14

concrete characteristics

Answer 14

Conservation - the ability to recognise that objects can be transformed visually or physically yet still the same in number, weight, substance or volume
Classification - the ability to organise objects or events into categories based on common features that set them apart from others
Reversibility - is the concrete operational child can operate an action, and then go back to the original condition
Reciprocity is another logical principle in which changing one quality (in this example, height or water level) can be compensated for by changes in another quality (width)

Question 15

Formal characteristics

Answer 15

Abstract thinking- a way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see, visualise, experience or manipulate in order to understand something - eg. ethics. Love freedom
Idealistic thinking - the ability to envisage alternatives to current standings - eg. global issues, personal qualities, relationships

Question 16

Ecocentrism-

Answer 16

is the inability to perceive a situation from another point of view

Question 17

Centration

Answer 17

becoming completely fixed on one point, not allowing them to see the wider picture

Question 18

Animism

Answer 18

is the belief that objects that are inanimate (not living) have feelings, thoughts, and have the mental characteristics and qualities of living things - stars twinkle in the sky because they are happy.

Question 19

Conservation

Answer 19

the ability to recognise that objects can be transformed visually or physically yet still the same in number, weight, substance or volume

Question 20

Classification

Answer 20

the ability to organise objects or events into categories based on common features that set them apart from others
Reversibility - is the concrete operational child can operate an action, and then go back to the original condition

Question 21

Reversibility

Answer 21

is the concrete operational child can operate an action, and then go back to the original condition

Question 22

Reciprocity

Answer 22

is another logical principle in which changing one quality (in this example, height or water level) can be compensated for by changes in another quality (width)

Question 23

Abstract thinking-