Piaget theory keywords

Question 1

Objective performance

Answer 1

They learn that objects exist in the world even if they can’t see them

Question 2

Symbolic play

Answer 2

Imitating others and using objects to represent different objects

Question 3

Animism

Answer 3

The belief that objects can behave as if they are alive

Question 4

Language development

Answer 4

children start to use words as symbols for objects around them

Question 5

Egocentric

Answer 5

Children can cannot see the world through anyone else’s eyes but their own

Question 6

Centration

Answer 6

They can only consider one aspect of something if it is complex

Question 7

Decentration

Answer 7

Being able to take multiple views of the same situation

Question 8

Conservation

Answer 8

Knowing that changing the way of something will not change its volume, size or weight

Question 9

Irreversibility

Answer 9

They can’t use thought to reverse an event

Question 10

Reversibility

Answer 10

Using thought to change an event

Question 11

Seriation

Answer 11

Sorting objects by size

Question 12

Classification

Answer 12

Naming and identifying objects by their size of appearance

Question 13

Morality

Answer 13

Children develop morality and the ability to see that actions have consequences

Question 14

Cognitive

Answer 14

Thinking, including problem solving, perceiving, remembering, using language and reasoning

Question 15

Schema/Shemata

Answer 15

Mental representations of the world based on one’s own experience.

Question 16

Equilibrium

Answer 16

When a child’s schemas can explain all that they experience; a state of mental balance

Question 17

Assimilation

Answer 17

Incorporating new experiences to existing schemas

Question 18

Accommodation

Answer 18

When a schema has to be changed to deal with new experience

Question 19

Adaptation

Answer 19

Using assimilation and accommodation to make sense of the world

Question 20

Concrete Objects

Answer 20

Children use concrete objects to add to their understanding
(e.g using counters for adding)