Piaget Flashcards
Sensorimotor stage
Age 0-2
Object permanence
Pre-operational stage
Age 2-7
Symbolic thinking, centration, seriation
Characteristics: egocentrism, animism
Concrete operational
Age 7-11
Logic, concrete operations
Conservation (mass and volume)
Formal operational
Age 11+
Abstract thinking
Pendulum problem
Centration
Pre-operational stage
Ability to focus on one aspect of a given circumstance, while disregarding the rest
Seriation
Pre-operational stage
Ability to arrange a collection of objects in a logical sequence
Egocentrism
Pre-operational stage
Inability to consider anyone elses perspective
Animism
Pre-operational stage
Belief that an inanimate object is alive and has feelings
First stage
Sensorimotor
Second stage
Pre-operational
Third stage
Concrete operational
Fourth stage
Formal operational
Conservation
Mass and volume remain unchanged when the form of an object is altered
Pendulum task
To test abstract thinking, in the formal operational stage
3 mountains task
To test egocentrism in the pre-operational stage