preoperational intelligence

What is preoperational intelligence? A series of tendencies -strong at 2 -gradually weaken until 7 -There are NO stages Egocentrism When you're a kid... Think of everything in terms of its relationship to yourself "Everyone likes someone I like" "I have a sister" Does your sister have a sister? "No" Think everyone sees things the way you see them - physically and socially Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:15 Full screen Brainpower Read More Egocentrism Unable to reason from premises that conflict with your experience What color would snowmen be if snow was purple? "White" Mysticism Readily accepts physically impossible events A castle in the clouds A pumpkin turning into a coach Other fairy tale examples Animism Everything is alive 1. All objects: If a table hurts you when you bump into it, it deserves to be smacked! 2. Movable objects: bigwheels, swings... 3. Moving objects: moon, shadows, cars... 4. Animals and people (Plants are not alive unless taught otherwise) Finalism Things happen to serve a purpose It rains so I can play in it Birds sing because I like to listen to them Flowers are pretty because I like to look at them Artificialism There is a maker or doer when things happen It thunders because giants are roaring The windows have icy designs because of Jack Frost The stuff in our eyes is there because the Sandman puts it there Complexive thought Cannot stay on topic Continually bounce from one subject to another usually suggested by imagery Precausal thought Do not realize that a cause must precede its effect I dropped my doll on the sidewalk because it broke. I hit Bobby because he called me a bad old meanie (rather than he called me a bad old meanie because I hit him) Identity confusion Things are what they look like A woman puts on a witch costume = she IS a witch If Bobby dressed up like a girl = he would be a girl A seed is a seed. A seedling is a seedling. A flower is a flower. Look too different to be the same thing Assimilation - an active process of resistance Ignore lessons from mother nature + parents Stick with their preoperational thought Cannot teach them out of it Ignore or distort teachings and stay with their old ideas Accommodation Physiological brain maturation + experience => gradually destroys preoperational tendencies => replaces with more mature thought