Chapter 4 - Piaget

Question 1

Cognitive Schemas

Answer 1

1. Sensori Motor
2. Symbolic
3. Operational

Question 2

Sensori Motor

Answer 2

-coordinating sensory input with motor capabilities
Imitation - incapable of imitating novel responses until 8-12 months
Deferred imitation (18-24 months)

Object Permanence
-Objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible
Up to 4 months will not search for hidden objects
4-8 : will retrieve object that is partly concealed
8-12: will look where they found it before
18-24: capable of mental representation

Question 3

Pre operations

Answer 3

A. Pre-conceptual 
Emergence of symbolic thought  
-Language 
-Pretend play 
Deficits : animism , precausal reasoning , egocentrism

Question 4

Intuitive stage

Answer 4

Defecit : centred thinking
Conservation
Decentration
Reversibility

Question 5

New evidence

Answer 5

1. Egocentrism : 3 mountains is difficult - less objects are better
2. causal reasoning
3. Conservation: identity training can help with conservation earlier than Piaget suggested

Question 6

Concrete observations (7-12)

Answer 6

1. Conservation
2. Classification (more than one object)
3. Relational Logic (objects smallest to largest)
4. Transitivity (If this equation is true then the next one is true )

Question 7

Formal operations (adolescent)

Answer 7

• think about what is possible
• abstract thought
• meta cognition
• multi dimensional thought
• relativism

Question 8

Evaluating Piagets theory (pros)

Answer 8

1. major developmental insigghts
2. Focused on qualitative differences
3. saw children as active learners
4. accurate re sequence of cognitive development
5. Attracted many other researchers to the field of developmental psych

Question 9

Evaluating piagets theory (cons)

Answer 9

1. Underestimated developing minds
2. didnt distinguish competence from performance
3. over estimated holistic structures (development is gradual not abrupt)
4. More of a description than explanation
5. neglected cultural and social influences