Piaget's Stages Flashcards
1
Q
Sensorimotor
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INFANTS (birth -> 2 yrs old)
- Knowledge gained through senses + motor movement
- Learn through: sucking, grasping, looking, listening
- Start to understand cause + effect
- Object performance is gained - 9 months (things can still exist even if they cannot be seen)
2
Q
Preoperational
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TOODLERS + PRESCHOOLERS (2 - 7 yrs)
- Think symbolically but not able to use logic yet - uses symbols/gestures to represent an event
- Typically, child will focus on one area of a situation
- Egocentric viewpoint - struggles to see things from others perspective
- To help develop = hands on activities, use actions along w/ words, visual aids
3
Q
Concrete Operational
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SCHOOL AGE (7-11 y/o)
- Starts to think logically + organized
- Understand that actions can be reversed
- Conversation - when an item changes shape/site it is still the same thing
- Focus on multiple parts of an issue
4
Q
Formal Operational
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ADOLESCENTS (12 + y/o)
- Has logical thought + deductive reasoning (starts to think abstractly, reason about hypothetical problems)
- Can use trial + error for problem solving
- Start to think more about other thoughts
- Use organized though process
