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5 years What age do you develop the ability to
Conserve?
conserve realizing that amounts are the same
regardless of their appearance.
Between 2-6 years At what age are children in the
Preoperational stage?
Piaget's Preoperational stage of cognitive -symbolic representation especially
development during pretend/make-believe play
-not yet capable of performing mental
"operations".
-intuitive thinking (rather than
following logical steps)
-Egocentric
Egocentrism Being unable to literally adopt another's
point-of-view.
Assimilation When we can fit something new into an
, existing schema.
Accommodation When something new cannot be
assimilated into an existing schema;
either modify the schema or form a new
schema.
Assimilation and Accommodation What constitutes the process of
adaptation?
It is how they learn about themselves and the Why do babies and children form
world through interactions with their bodies schemas?
and the environment.
Conservation The cognitive ability to understand that
objects or substances retain their
properties of #'s or amount even when
their appearance, shape, or
configuration changes.
1. Inborn reflexes What are the substages of Piaget's
2. Primary Circular reactions sensorimotor stage?
3. Secondary circular reactions
4. Coordination or reactions
5. Tertiary circular reaction
6. Earl representational thought
Birth to 2 years old At what age are children in the sensory-
motor stage?
, -They learn through environmental input they What do children in the sensorimotor
receive through their sense, motor actions they stage learn?
engage in, and through feedback they receive
from their bodies and the environment about
their actions.
-Learn through repeated experiences.
If they search for the object after it is moved or What is a sign that a child has
hidden. developed object permanence?
schema Mental constructs or concepts that
represent elements of the environment
in categories or classes of things.
object permanence The idea that things continue to exist
even when they are out of sight.
-Ability to think logically What are the characteristics of the
-Trouble understanding abstract concepts or concrete operational stage?
hypothetical situations
-Apply logical sequence and cause and effect
to things they can see, feel, and manipulate.
-Can conserve
-Develop proficiency in inductive logic
-Reversibility
reversibility The ability to reverse an action or
operation.