Think by using eyes, ears, hands, & mouth. Invents ways of solving problems
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Pre-operational stage 2 - 7
Development of language and make-believe play takes place. Cannot fully understand how numbers, mass, and volume work
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Concrete operational stage 7 - 11
Able to understand simple logical principles. Understands the theory of conservation
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Formal operational stage 11+
Abstract thinking allows reasoning through symbols that don't refer to objects in real world. Can think of outcomes of scientific problems in their heads without having to see the concrete image
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Development of schemas
Frameworks that develop to help organise knowledge
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State of equilibrium
A state of cognitive balance when a child's experience is in line with what they understood
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State of disequilibrium
A state of cognitive conflict that arises when experience is contradicted by a person's existing way of thinking
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Egocentrism
The pre-operational child's inability to see situation from another persons point of view
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Critism's of Piaget's Theory
Theory is based on observations of a small number of children
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Card 2
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Pre-operational stage 2 - 7
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Development of language and make-believe play takes place. Cannot fully understand how numbers, mass, and volume work
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