Piaget's Theory: Stage 4 - Formal Operations = 11-adulthood

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development psychology (Cognition in Infants and Children) Mind Map on Piaget's Theory: Stage 4 - Formal Operations = 11-adulthood, created by Elizabeth.T.Hill on 29/03/2014.
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Piaget's Theory: Stage 4 - Formal Operations = 11-adulthood
  1. move from being able to consider only the concrete concepts to being able to consider abstract concepts
    1. deductive logic/reasoning - goes from ALL (general) to ONE (specific)
      1. e.g. "sharks are fish" and "all fish have fins" = "sharks have fins"
      2. can consider hypothetical situations
        1. can consider hypothetical even if doesn't make any sense
        2. Pendulum Problem:
          1. have been given different lengths of a cord and weight, task is to work out which factor is most important in determining speed
            1. problem = systematic variation vs trail and error
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