13: Cognitive (Piaget)

Question 1

What age?

Fifth stage: Tertiary Circular Reactions

Answer 1

13-18 months

Question 2

What makes up the Preconceptual Phase (3)?

Answer 2

1. Transition between self-satisfying behavior and socialized relationships.
2. Problem solving done in the here and now. Does not recall events or objects from past to solve “now” problems.
3. Wants to understand the why and how of things.

Question 3

What makes up the Preoperational Phase (3)?

Answer 3

1. Shifts from egocentric to social awareness.
2. Able to consider other viewpoints.
3. Egocentricity still evident.

Question 4

What age?

6th stage: Invention of New Means through Mental Combination.

Answer 4

19-24 months

Question 5

What age?

Sensorimotor phase.

Answer 5

12-24 months

Question 6

What makes up the 5th stage of Piaget (Tertiary Circular Reactions) (4)?

Answer 6

1. Experimentation to achieve unattainable goals.
2. Awareness of causal relationships between 2 events.
3. Learn spatial relationships (small fits into large; short kid + stool = cookies on counter).
4. Learns through imitation.

Question 7

What 2 stages make up the Preoperational Phase?

Answer 7

1. Preconceptual Phase (2-4)
2. Intuitive Phase (4-7)

Question 8

What age?

Uses magical thinking.

Answer 8

• 2-7
• Begins to go away around 6 years of age.
• Should be gone by 7 years of age.

Question 9

What age?

Preconceptual Phase.

Answer 9

2

Question 10

What age?

Preoperational Phase.

Answer 10

2-7

Question 11

What makes up the 6th stage of Piaget (Invention of New Means through Mental Combination) (4)?

Answer 11

1. Completes more primitive thought processes.
2. More complex mental operations.
3. Imitation with deeper meaning.
4. Limited awareness of time.