1. JEAN PIAGET

4. Jean Piaget Swiss psychologist concentrated on children before him, how was child’s thinking viewed? Children progressed through stages

5. Piaget IQ tests- similar problems CHILDREN THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN ADULTS NOT little adults different both quantitative and qualitative

6. PIAGET SCHEMA- “files” that we use to organize our worlds use all senses to make/add to these files more and more complex especially the mouth

7. PIAGET Assimilation: adding to an existing schema dogs/ fast food Accommodation: modifies an old schema for more things both are used constantly

18. PIAGET 1. Sensorimotor Stage- (birth -2 years) thought displayed in action behavior consists of simple motor responses to sensory stimuli (the reflexes)

19. PIAGET does not “look” for things Object permanence will gain the concept of “self” rouge experiment Separation anxiety

20. To Be Mastered... Object permanence- when it is out of sight, it exists Mental Representation- being able to “picture” something in your mind

23. PIAGET Preoperational Stage: (2-6/7 years) develop. of language the child lacks operations, which are reversible mental processes does a brother have a brother?

24. PIAGET use of models and maps not done- Symbolic Representation EGOCENTRIC

25. PIAGET Not able to see other points of view. Only their own Talking on phone 3. Concrete Operational: (~7- 11-12 years) manipulation of objects

26. PIAGET Can organize their thoughts only think about physical objects- no abstracts! No more egocentrism! LOVE to categorize, rank, order, separate, differentiate

27. PIAGET Principle of conservation if appearance changes, doesn’t mean the object has changed numbers, substance, area, volume

29. PIAGET 4. Formal Operational ( 11 +) abstract reasoning/morals higher order learning evaluation, analysis, assessment/ scientific method some never reach this stage!

30. PIAGET Contrary to facts “What if snow were black?”