Piaget Flashcards
What are the stages of cognitive development (4)
Sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operations and formal operations
what age is the pre operational
2-7 years
what age is sensorimotor
0-2 years
what age is concrete operational
7-11 years
what age is formal operation
11-15 years
what is sensorimotor
object permanence, child begins to realise objects are real even when not in sight
what are the 2 stages of pre operational
egocentrism and centration
what is egocentrism
when a child can only see from their perspective
what is centration
object association, where the child can only group things into 1 category at a time
what is concrete operations
where perspectives change and become clearer, understand others more
what is formal operation
child works well with others and understands concept of different view points fully
what is piaget theory based on
children learning from experience and creating logic from experience
what is a schema
a theory a child constructs
what stages does a child fo through to learn new schemas
assimilation, equilibrium, disequilibrium, accommodation
what happens at assimilation stage
child constructs schema
