Piaget's Flashcards
Children begin to think symbolically and learn to use words and pictures to represent objects. They also tend to be very egocentric, and see things only from their point of view.
Preoperational Stage
The infant knows the world through their movements and sensations.
Sensimotor stage
During this stage, children begin to thinking logically about concrete events.
Concrete Operational Stage
At this stage, the adolescent or young adult begins to think abstractly and reason about hypothetical problems.
Formal Operational Stage
learn that things continue to exist even though they cannot be seen (object permanence).
Sensimotor stage
Children at this stage tend to be egocentric and struggle to see things from the perspective of others.
Pre-operational
While they are getting better with language and thinking, they still tend to think about things in very conrete terms
.pre-operational
They begin to understand the concept of conservation; the the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass.
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Concrete operational
Concrete operationl
Thinking becomes more logical and organized, but still very concrete.
Concrete operational
Begin using inductive logic, or reasoning from specific information to a general principle
Abstract thought emerges.
Formal Operational
Formal Operational
Teens begin to think more about moral, philosophical, ethical, social, and political issues that require theoretical and abstract reasoning.
Formal operational
Begin to use deductive logic, or reasoning from a general principle to specific information.
They are separate beings from the people and objects around them.
Sensorimotor
Sensorimotor
They realize that their actions can cause things to happen in the world around them.
Learning occurs through assimilation and accommodation.
