NAME: Mariana Ramírez
PID: P10318611
CLASS: PSYC 2314 - M08
CLASS HOUR AND DAY: April 30 by 2:00 p.m.
DUE DATE: 04/30/19
CHAPTER 5 – Physical and Cognitive
Development in Early Childhood:
Objective Questions.
1. Know/define Piaget’s stage of preoperational thought:
Preoperational thought is the beginning of the ability to reconstruct in
thought what has been established in behavior. It can be divided into
2 substages: The symbolic function substage and the intuitive
thought substage.
2. What is conservation?:
Is the people’s lack of the awareness that altering a substance’s
appearance doesn’t change its basic properties.
3. What is centration?:
A centering attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all
others.
4. According to Piaget, what does the failure of a conservation
task demonstrate?:
In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation of liquid task is a sign that
children are at the preoperational stage of cognitive development.
The failure demonstrates not only centration but also inability to
mentally reverse actions. In addition to failing to conserve volume,
preoperational children fail to conserve number, matter, length, and
area. However, children often vary in their performance on different
conservation tasks. Thus, a child might be able to conserve volume
but not number.
, 5. What is the difference between the theories of Vygotsky and
Piaget?:
6. What did Vygotsky say about language and thought?:
Vygotsky said that language and thought initially develop
independently of each other and then merge. He emphasized that all
mental functions have external, or social, origins. Children must use
language to communicate with others before they can focus inward
on their own thoughts and also, they communicate externally and use
language for a long time before they can make the transition from
external to internal speech.
PID: P10318611
CLASS: PSYC 2314 - M08
CLASS HOUR AND DAY: April 30 by 2:00 p.m.
DUE DATE: 04/30/19
CHAPTER 5 – Physical and Cognitive
Development in Early Childhood:
Objective Questions.
1. Know/define Piaget’s stage of preoperational thought:
Preoperational thought is the beginning of the ability to reconstruct in
thought what has been established in behavior. It can be divided into
2 substages: The symbolic function substage and the intuitive
thought substage.
2. What is conservation?:
Is the people’s lack of the awareness that altering a substance’s
appearance doesn’t change its basic properties.
3. What is centration?:
A centering attention on one characteristic to the exclusion of all
others.
4. According to Piaget, what does the failure of a conservation
task demonstrate?:
In Piaget's theory, failing the conservation of liquid task is a sign that
children are at the preoperational stage of cognitive development.
The failure demonstrates not only centration but also inability to
mentally reverse actions. In addition to failing to conserve volume,
preoperational children fail to conserve number, matter, length, and
area. However, children often vary in their performance on different
conservation tasks. Thus, a child might be able to conserve volume
but not number.
, 5. What is the difference between the theories of Vygotsky and
Piaget?:
6. What did Vygotsky say about language and thought?:
Vygotsky said that language and thought initially develop
independently of each other and then merge. He emphasized that all
mental functions have external, or social, origins. Children must use
language to communicate with others before they can focus inward
on their own thoughts and also, they communicate externally and use
language for a long time before they can make the transition from
external to internal speech.
