Piaget Flashcards

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What approach does Piaget believe in?

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Piaget believes in the constructivist approach which presents that knowledge is constructed rather than passively taken in.

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What does schema mean?

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Schema means an idea or a concept.

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What is assimilation?

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The child constructs a theory or schema.

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What is equilibrium?

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When the child experiences fit the schema ( balances everything ).

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What is disequilibrium?

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An experience that occurs that casts doubt on the effectiveness of the schema.

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What is accommodation?

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The child changes the original schema to fit the new experience.

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What is part of Piaget’s universal stages of development?

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Sensorimotor ( 0-2 years ), Pre - operational ( 2 - 7 years ), Concrete operations ( 7 - 11 years ), Formal operations ( 11 - 15 years )

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What is the sensorimotor stage ( 0 - 2 years )?

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  • Moving from physical reflexes to coordinated movements.
  • Development of object permanence
  • Development of general symbolic function - child begins to use symbols.
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What is the preoperational stage ( 2 - 7 years )?

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  • Child uses play in symbols and thought
  • Egocentrism
  • Centration
  • Animism
  • Inability to conserve
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What are the concrete operations ( 7 - 11 years )?

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  • Ability to conserve
  • Children begin to solve mental problems with practical support
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What are formal operations ( 11 - 15 years )

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  • Ability to think and manipulate ideas abstractly
  • Start of deductive logic
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What is object permanence?

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A child’s ability to know that objects continue to exist even though they can no longer be seen or heard.

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What is symbolic representation?

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This is highlighted significantly in the early preoperational stage (2-3) as it brings a dramatic increase in children’s use of the symbolic function. It is the ability to make a word or an object stand for something.

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What is the definition of egocentrism?

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When one thinks of itself with no regard for anyone else.

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What is the definition of centration?

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The tendency to focus on only one aspect at a time.

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What is the definition of animism and give an example of how it relates to children.

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The belief that inanimate objects ( teddy bears and toys ) have human feelings.

17
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What is conservation?

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That something will stay the same even if the amount of size will change.