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Piaget terms
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- 1Idealistic ThinkingComparing yourself and others to a perfect standard and striving towards being like that.
- 2AccomodationChanging a pre existing mental idea to fit in are information
- 3SchemaA mental idea of something and how to act in it.
- 4Object PermanenceUnderstanding that an object still exists even if it cannot be seen or heard.
- 5TransformationUnderstanding that something can change from one state to another but still be the same thing.
- 6ReversibilityThe ability to follow a line of events back to its starting point
- 7Goal Directed BehaviourPurposeful behaviour that is done to achieve an outcome.
- 8AssimilationThis is taking in new information and fitting it into a pre-existing mental idea
- 9EgocentrismWhen someone sees the world from only their point of view.
- 10Symbolic ThinkingThe ability to use symbols, such as words or pictures to represent an object that isn't physically there. e.g. female toilet symbol.
- 11AdaptionThis involves taking in, processing, organising and using new information to adjust to change
- 12AnimismThe belief that everything has feelings and a conciseness
- 13ClassificationBeing able to classify and categorise objects and events based on common features.
- 14Abstract ThinkingA way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see. (Imagining)
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- 11 Psychology Flashcards on Piaget terms, created by Ella Boilee on 17/05/2016.
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