Test 3 Flashcards
Centration
focus on one aspect of the situation
centration
child believes that his dad can only be a dad, not a brother to someone else
egocentrism
focus on everything from their perspective
egocentrism
a child gets their parent something special, but its actually something they want
irreversability
inability to reverse a sequence
irreversability
a child’s sandwich had lettuce on it and they feel like it cant be removed and it is not contaminated
focus on appearance
focus on what it appears to be, not the reality of it
focus on appearance
boys with long hair are girls, and girls with short hair are boys
static reasoning
nothing changes, everything remains the same
conservation
the ability to understand something retains quantity even if it changes shape
what age does concrete operational thought occur?
7-11 years old
concrete operational thought
can think about more than 1 thing at a time
concrete operational thought
can take on the perspective of others
concrete operational thought
can solve conservation experiment and understands seriation and reversibility
what age does formal operations occur?
11-18 years old