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Birth - 2yrs
Piaget deduced that the first schemas of an infant are to do with movement, object permanence, 'ego centric', cause and affect |
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2yrs-7yrs
vocabulary, 'little people','ego centric','Animism','symbolism', 'Moral realism' (universal absolutism), focus on one aspect of a situation, respect and insist on obedience of rules at all times. |
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| Concrete Operational Stage |
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| 7yrs-11yrs. More rational, mature and 'adult like',logical thought, conservation of objects, learn about 'reversibility'. Can evaluate the logic of statements by considering them against concrete evidence only. |
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| 11yrs-16yrs. Abstract, logically organized system of adult intelligence. Reasons, speculates about all possible solutions. 'Hypothetic-deductive reasoning', can focus on verbal assertions and evaluate their logical validity without making refence to real-world circumstances. |
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