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Piaget and Inhelder (1956) KEY
- AIM
- To Study the Egocentrism of
Children
- To Study the Egocentrism of
Children
- PROCEDURE
- 100 Children
- 4 Age Conditions (IV)
- Age 4 to 6
- 6 to 8
- 8 to 9
- 9 to 12
- Age 4 to 6
- 3 Mountains, different sizes and colours,
1 Doll
- 4 Viewpoints, ABCD
- 4 Viewpoints, ABCD
- 1. Child Placed at one Viewpoint, Doll at another.
- 2. Child has to say/pick out what the doll sees
- DV: Can the child pick out what the doll sees?
- LAB EXPERIMENT
- INDEPENDENT GROUPS (obviously...)
- 100 Children
- THE THREE MOUNTAINS
- FINDINGS
- 4-6 yrs picked what the doll could see rather than what they could see
- Egocentrism
- Egocentrism
- 7-9 yrs picked out what the doll could see sometimes but not always
- 9+ yrs picked out what the doll could see accurately
- No Egocentrism
- No Egocentrism
- CONCLUSION
- Children in the Pre-Operational stage still show Egocentrism
- Children in the Concrete-Operational stage no longer show Egocentrism
- This Supports Piaget's Theory on Egocentrism
- This Supports Piaget's Theory on Egocentrism
- Children in the Concrete-Operational stage no longer show Egocentrism
- Children in the Pre-Operational stage still show Egocentrism
- 4-6 yrs picked what the doll could see rather than what they could see
- EVALUATION
- RELIABILITY
- Standardized Procedure
- Easily Replicable
- Standardized Procedure
- OBJECTIVITY
- VALIDITY
- No Ecological Validity
- Boredom Effect
- Children may not have understood the
task
- No Ecological Validity
- GENERALIZABILITY
- USEFUL APPLICATIONS
- ETHICS
- RELIABILITY
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