DP3 - Jean Piaget and Stages of Cognitive Development Flashcards

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4 Stages of cognitive development

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Sensorimotor stage
Preoperational stage
Concrete operational stage
Formal operational stage

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Sensorimotor stage

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Birth - 2 years
Object permanence
Goal directed behaviour

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Preoperational stage

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2 - 7 years
Centration
Egocentrism
Symbolic thinking
Animism

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Concrete operational stage

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7 - 11 years
Conservation
Classification
Reversibility of thought

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Sensorimotor stage

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12 years and beyond
Abstract thinking
Idealistic thinking
Hypothetic-deductive thinking

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Object permanence

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The understanding that objects still exist even if they cannot be seen, heard or touched.

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Symbolic thinking

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The ability to use symbols such as words and pictures to represent objects that are not physically present.

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Egocentrism

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The tendency to perceive the world solely from one’s own point of view.

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Animism

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The belief that everything which exists has some kind of consciousness.

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Centration

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The cognitive ability to focus on only one quality or feature of an object or event at a time.

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Reversibility of thought

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The ability to mentally follow a sequence of events or line of reasoning back to its starting point.

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Conservation

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The understanding that certain properties of an object can remain the same even when its appearance changes.

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Idealistic thinking

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Often think about the most desirable characteristics of themselves and others.

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Abstract thinking

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A way of thinking that does not rely on being able to see, visualise, experience or manipulate in order to understand something.

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