Piaget's theory (stages) Flashcards
1
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Genetic epistemology
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Study of formation of knowledge and how we know what we know
2
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Adaptation of schemes
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Assimilation
Equilibration (balance)
New situation
Disequilibrium (unbalance)
Accommodation (modified in scheme)
3
Q
Stage shift
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Reorganisation of structure of thinking. Change is too big, effecting all domains. Concurrence assumption is simultaneous.
4
Q
Sensorimotor stage
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0-2, Object permanence, learning by doing
5
Q
Preoperational
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2-7 Egocentrism, thinking about things
6
Q
Concrete operational
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7-12, conservation and thinking about actions/concrete situation
7
Q
Formal operations
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12+ Abstract reasoning, thinking about thinking
8
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A not B error
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Looking at the last place even though they saw it wasn’t hidden there but in the B location
