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Fairfield University -- Psychology 163 -- Lecture 7 -- Piaget and Cognitive Development. Cognition Defined: knowledge, thought, reasoning. Piaget (1896-1981). Piaget’s view of the “children’s nature”: Development as a “constructivist model”.
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Fairfield University -- Psychology 163 -- Lecture 7 -- Piaget and Cognitive Development
Piaget’s view of the “children’s nature”: Development as a “constructivist model”
Piaget’s view of the “children’s nature”: Development as a “constructivist model”
Piaget’s view of the “children’s nature”: Development as a “constructivist model”
Piaget’s Sensorimotor stage of development (birth to 2-years of age) • Cognitive development occurs through sensory and motor experiences with the world. • The child is “hard wiring” with: • Reflexes • sensation & perception • and the processes of assimilation, accommodation & equilibration.
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage (2 to 7-years) • The explosion of language • Proliferation of object naming • Grammar • Monologue and parallel discourse
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage (2 to 7-years) • The explosion of language • Proliferation of object naming • Grammar • Monologue and parallel discourse
Piaget’s Preoperational Stage (2 to 7-years) • Symbolic representation • Pretend play • Novel uses of objects • Problem-solving • Tool use
Piaget’s Concrete Operations Stage (7 to 12-years) • All of the things they couldn’t do in Preoperational Stage they now can do. • Not Egocentric; good perspective-taking • No Centration; can manipulate multiple variables in mind • “Conservation” concept: liquid, mass & number. • Things can change their outward appearance, yet maintain the underlying principals of what they are. • Reasoning now occurs with multiple dimensions.
Piaget’s Concrete Operations Stage (7 to 12-years) • Perspective taking is fluid between different situations and individuals. • Understand 1st vs. 2nd person perspective
Piaget’s Concrete Operations Stage (7 to 12-years) • Where reasoning breaks down: difficulty with abstraction and hypothetical.