Piaget Flashcards
3 key stages
Sensori motor development <18 months
Concrete operational (18m - 11y)
Formal operations period (11y+)
Central themes (2)
Decentration
Invariant stages
Decentration
Lose egocentrism then lose reliance on concrete
Invariant stages
At each stage knowledge acquired by accommodation, assimilation, equilibrium
Object permanence. Part of which stage? Explain
Sensori-motor stage; the A not B error (out f sight out of mind)
Egocentricity. part of which stage? Explain
Concrete operations; Believes everyone shares their point of view
Conservation of matter & Conservation of numbers. Part of which stage? Explain
Cannot recognise two identical objects if the form of one is changed. If an amount is spread, cannot recognise it is still the same number
Animism. Part of which stage? Explain
Concrete operations; Believe objects that move are alive
Moral Realism. Part of which stage? Explain
Learns that intentions are more important than consequences
Piaget’s theory of early childhood was largely based on
his experiences with his three children
Give two positive and two negative comments re: Piaget’s theory
+) Observations can be replicated -) Lack of statistics
+) Encouraged testing babies -) Methodologies sometimes vague
+) Dispelled Tabula Rasa -) social factors somewhat ignored
What was the principle criticism of Piaget’s theory?
He underestimated the ability of the child
What was the key criticism of Piaget’s object permanence?
Piaget required the babies to move, so other factors may come into play e.g. motor memory (Harris restrained child’s arms for 4 seconds, drawbridge)
Who conducted the drawbridge experiment?
Baellargeon
Criticism of Egocentrism
Hughes policeman experiment
