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| Cognitive Development Theory |
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Jean Piaget
-Children learn through interaction with the environment and others.
-Four Stages |
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Age: Birth to 2 years
-NO OBJECT PERMANENCE
ex. Show and infant a toy, hide it, infant will think its gone
-LACKS LANGUAGE, use senses: sight, taste, smell, heating, and touch to explore |
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Age: 2 to 7 years
-PRESCHOOL YEARS
-EXHIBITS EGOCENTRIC THOUGHT and language: "mine, mine, mine!" "terrible twos"
-Concerned with ABSOLUTES - Child able to think in black and white |
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| Concerte Operational Stage |
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Definition
Age: 7 to 11 years
-Begins to THINK LOGICALLY
-SOLVES CONSERVATION TASKS - poring the same amount of liquid from a wide container to a tall container, "which glass has more?"
-Solves logical equations: 3+2=5, 5-2=3 |
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Age: 11 and Onward
-THINKS ABSTRACTLY
-SOLVES COMPLEX and HYPOTHETICAL PROBLEMS |
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| Name all Cognitive Theory Stages and Ages |
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1.Sensory Motor - Age: Birth to 2 years
2. Pre-Operational - Age: 2 to 7 years
3. Concrete Operational - Age: 7 to 11 years
4. Formal Operational - Age: 11 and Onward |
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