Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget

How Children Obtain Knowledge
1. Agency
  1. our motivation to seek out knowledge
2. Schemas
  1. mental structures; categorisation
3. Equilibration
  1. assimilation
    1. add new info to existing schema
  2. accommodation
    1. change existing schemas to accommodate new info
4. Operations
  1. rules by which the world works
Errors in Thinking
1. Object Permanence
  1. understanding an object continues to exist when out of sight
2. Egocentrism
  1. thinking people can see from your perspective, dont understand that people have other viewpoints
3. Animism
  1. giving inanimate objects human-like qualities
4. Conservation
  1. understanding that objects can stay the same amount of quantity when their appearance changes
5. Formal Reasoning
  1. can focus on the form of an argument & not be distracted by its concept. Can reason abstract concepts
Stages
1. Sensorimotor (0-2)
  1. sensation & movement
  2. object permanence around 8 months
2. Pre-Operational (2-7)
  1. symbolism. semi-logical, centration, animism
3. Concrete Operational (7-11)
  1. operations, less egocentric, can do conservation tasks
4. Formal Operational (11+)
  1. reason formally, respond to syllogisms, consider abstract concepts, formulate & test hypothesis
Hurley & Whelan (1988)
1. noted that a chid's pain corresponds to their Piagetian stage
Wilberg (2002)
1. supports the distinction between pre-operational and concrete operational thinking

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