Piagets Theory Flashcards

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Piaget

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Cognitive theorist
The development of intellect and knowledge of the environment is gain though the senses
He provided the support that children think differently then adults
His research identified several important milestones in i the mental development of children

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Sensory motor period

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Birth to 24 months
Focusing on 4 stages
Infants understand the world through sensory and action. Infants progress from reflex behaviors to simple repetitive acts to initiate activity.

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Circular reaction

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Action that is repeated over and over again

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Separation

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Infants learn to seperate themselves to other objects in the environment . They realize they are not the only ones controlling the environment

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Object permanence

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The realization that objects exist once they leave the visual field

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Symbols / mental representation

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The ability to reproduce or repeat a previous action

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Primary

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Centered on or around the infants body

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Secondary

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Orientation to the enviroment
Now they are aware of themselves and their bodies so their actions are oriented to the environment

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Stage one reflexes

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Birth to one month
Use of reflexes
Sucking rooting grasping and crying

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Stage 2 primary circular reactions

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1-4 months
Centered around the body
Beginning to replace reflexive behaviors with voluntary action

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Stage 3 secondary circular reactions

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4–8 months
Greater awareness of the environment

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During stage 3 of secondary circular reactions about 6 months of age infants start

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Imitation
Increased affect
Object permanence

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Increased affect

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When baby gets excited for something like hearing mom making a bottle

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Stage 4 coordination of secondary reactions

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8-12 months
Beginning of intellectual reasoning
(Where is the ratter, i wonder if its under the blanket)
Anticipation of events ( now we get what bye bye is feelings of anticipation)
Begin to associate symbols and events like bye bye again

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Separation anxiety

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Beginning awareness that mother and self are seperate beings
Developing object permanence
These combined created seperation anxiety

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Stranger anxiety

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6- 8 months
Object permanence
Re-emerges during toddler period
As infant is attached to one person they show less friendliness’s to others

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What are things that can help with stranger anxiety

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Avoid sudden intrusive gestures
Keep distance
Talk softly
Utilization of a transitional object

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Toddler Piaget section

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Sensory motor period in toddler hood

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Stage 5 tertiary circular reactions
Stage 6- inventions of new means

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Stage 5 tertiary circular reactions

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13-18 months
Little scientist (aware of casual relationships
Aware that things are behind closed doors
Testing period “i can throw my paci and my mom will come get it “

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Stage 6 inventions of new means

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Imitation/domestic mimicry
Can use mental images to represent objects
Problem solving in their mind
Some sense of timing (kind of)

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What is important to consider when giving a toddler a time out?

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You put them in time out depending on the age 1 year is is one minute 2 year old is 2 minute

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Preoperational period (toddlerhood/preschool

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2-7 years old
Problem solving based on what the child sees and hears
Difficult telling reality to fantasy
Egocentrism
Animism
Magical thought
Irreversibility
Centration

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What is an example of problem solving based on what the child sees and hears in the preoperational period?

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My dogs are white, fluffy and small until I go out in public and see a large brown dog . Now i know there can be white fluffy small dogs and large brown dogs.

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Egocentrism

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We all kind of have this but in toddlerhood according to the toddler views everything in relation to self

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Animism

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Giving life like or human qualities to normals and inert objects

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Centration

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Focuses on one aspect of the situation
(A toddler throwing a tantrum)

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Pre school age child 3-5 years section

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What are some examples of difficulty telling reality from fantasy ?

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Immature logic
Fear of body mutilation
Adult induced fears
Other fears

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What remains in the Preoperational period in a preschool age 3-5

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Egocentrism
Animism
Magical thought
Irreversibility
Centration

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What is another fears a preschool child can have and how can you apply it in the hospital setting

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The dark. And you can provide a night light to give comfort.

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School age child section 6 years to puberty

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Preoperational period ends

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Ends at age 7
Shift from total egocentric though to social awareness and the ability to consider view points
Moves into concrete operational period

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Preoperational to concrete operational thinking age range

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School age child 6 years to puberty

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Concrete operational period

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Ages 7-11
Egocentric to objective
Classification to logic
Conservation
Reversibility

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Example of classification and logic

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Youre my BFF and you’re my 2nd BFF

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Conservation example

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The ability to understand that the tall skinny glass of water has the same amount of water as the short wide one

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Reversibility example

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Can understand that a ball of clay flattened can be made into a ball of clay again

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What are some things 6 years to puberty a child learns (concrete operational)

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Adjusting to school and being exposed to more people other than family
Humor
Skeptical
Learn parents are not perfect

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Adolescent section of Piaget puberty -20

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Formal operational thought adolescence

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Ability to consider
Abstract ideas
Various possibilities
The future

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What are some concepts of self in Piaget theory adolescence

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Adolescent egocentrism
Imaginary audience
Personal fable

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Imaginary audience

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Everyone is watching me
I am the main character

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Personal fable

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Belief you are alone and no one under stands you
Also what happens to them will not happen to me