Piaget

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  • Created on: 01-02-18 20:00
What are schemas?
a mental framework/ belief + expectations that influence our understanding of the world
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What did Piaget believe about schemas?
we are born with limited schemas, they are innate and universal
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What is meant by the word 'constructivist'?
the child is viewed as the driving force for their own development
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What is the process of learning according to Piaget?
Equilibrium -> Disequilibrium -> Accomodation -> Assimilation
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What is equilibrium?
when the world around us makes sense; the child's schemas can deal with most new information
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What is disequilibrium?
when new information does not fit with existing schemas
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What is accomodation?
modifying an existing schema to fit a new experience
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What is assimilation?
when we can incorporate new information into an existing schema; takes place when we acquire new information that changes our understanding
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What is the sensori-motor stage?
occurs from birth-2yrs; achieves object permanence
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What is object permanence?
when the child realises things continue to exist even when they can no longer see/hear/feel them
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What is the pre-operational stage?
occurs from 2-7yrs; classifies objects by single feature due to centration; class inclusion is difficult; thinking is egocentric
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What is class inclusion?
when the child can recognise that classes of objects have subsects and there are subsects of larger classes
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What is egocentrism?
when the child has difficulty taking the viewpoints of others
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What is the concrete operational stage?
occurs from7-11yrs; achieves conservation; classifies objects according to several features; can only apply logic to physical objects
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What is conservation?
realisation that objects stay the same even when changed or made to look different
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What is the formal operational stage?
occurs 11yrs up; child becomes concerned with the hypothetical, the future + ideological problems; not everyone reaches this stage
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