Piaget Flashcards
Processes that enable the transition from one stage to another
Assimilation
Accommodation
Equilibrium
Schemas
Building blocks of knowledge
Stages of development
Sensorimotor
Preoperational
Concrete operational
Formal operational
What is assimilation?
Using an existing Schema to deal with a new object or situation
What is accommodation?
When the existing Schema does not work, and needs to be changed to deal with a new object or situation.
What is equilibration?
Th force that moves development along.
What age is sensorimotor?
Birth-2
What are the 6 sub stages of sensorimotor?
Simple reflexes Primary circular reactions Secondary circular reactions Coordination of secondary circular reaction Tertiary circular reactions Internalisation of schemas
About simple reflexes
Birth to 1 month
Characterised by reflexes such as sucking or rooting
Primary circular reactions
1-4 months
Infants learn to coordinate sensations.
An infant tries to reproduce an even that accidentally happened. Ie. Sucking thumb
Secondary circular reactions
4-8 months
Children become aware of own body.
More object orientated
Coordination of secondary reflexes
8-12 months.
Start to show intentionality- using a stick to reach something
Tertiary circular reactions
12-18 months.
Start to think of new possibilities for objects
Internalisation of schemas
18-24 months.
A shift to symbolic thinking
Preoperational.
2-7 years. Language skills develop rapidly. Classify objects by a single feature. Egocentric. Animism- human attributes to inanimate objects.
