Piagets tHeoRy

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What did Piaget's theory focus on?
How children hold the ability to think
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Why can a child not use abstract logical thinking?
Child not use abstract logical thinking becuase they are not mature enough
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What mind process do children use?
Egocentric Thinking - Their own perspective
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Name 3 things that happen at the Sensorimotor stage (0-2)
They interact using their eyes and ears, Begin remembering at 18 months, invents ways of solving problems
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Name 3 things that happen at the Preoperational stage
Children use symbols for discoveries, they do not understand how numbers work, Make-believe play takes place
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Name 3 things that happen at the Concrete Operational stage
Reasoning becomes logical, They understand simple logical principles, Difficulty imagining the information needed to answer a question
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Name 3 things that happen at the Formal Operational stage
They have the ability to use language, They use Abstract thinking, They use Hypothetical thinking.
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What does the Conservation test do?
Recognises that children understand that an appearance may change but the quantity stays the same
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Critisisms of Piagets theory
He based his theory on small number of children. A individuals ability to think logically depends of amount of encouragement
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Argument against his theory
Children take longer than 11 years to become skilled at abstract logical thinking. cognitive development depends on education quality and environment
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Equilibrium
Child develops concepts about the world around them
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Disequilibrium
they experience situations where new information is presented, they become upset
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Accomidation
When new information is accomidated, orginal knowledge is changed so reach state of equilibrium
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