Piaget key terms

Piaget key terms

1. Mental representation

   • Internalised, personal understanding of some aspect of external world

2. Egocentrism

   • Absence of awareness of separate existence of other people or objects
     • People's views seen to be as,e as child's own
       • Objects only exist when perceived by child

3. Schemas

   • Representation of sequence of actions developed as result of child's action on environment

4. Assimilation

   • Process of fitting aspects of environment into existing schemas

5. AccomodatIon

   • Process of modIfying schemas to better suit environment

6. Object permanence

   • Objects still exist when can't be seen