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Piagets Psychological Development

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Piaget (1896 - 1980)Piaget (1896 - 1980)

Swiss Psychologist, worked for

several decades on understanding

childrens cognitive development

Most widely known theory of cognitive

development.

Was intrigued by kids thoughts behavior,

worked to understand their cognitivedevelopment

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Piaget: BackgroundPiaget: Background

!oung Piaget was incredibly precocious

Published first paper at "#

$arned his doctorate in natural sciences at %"

&egan to study psychology, applying intelligence tests to

school children

When he was "" his notes on a rare part'albino(having

e)tremely pale or light skin* sparrow were published.

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Piaget +earning

wo main states - equilibriumequilibrium disequilibriumdisequilibrium

&elieved that we are driven or motivated to learn

when we are in diseuilibrium

We want to understand things

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Piaget & LearningPiaget & Learning

Equilibration: assimilation & accommodation We adjust our ideas to make sense of reality

Assimilation:

process of matching external reality to anexisting cognitive structure.

Accommodation:

When theres an inconsistency beteen thelearners cognitive structure & the thing being

learned the child ill reorgani!e her thoughts

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Piagets Stages of CognitivePiagets Stages of Cognitive

Deveo!"entDeveo!"ent

/ childs capacity to understand certain concepts is

based on the childs developmental stage.

Piaget0s 1our StagesPiaget0s 1our Stages

"elieved that all children develop according to fourstages based on ho they see the orld.

#e thought the age may vary some$ but that e all go

through the stages in the same order.

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Piagets #our StagesPiagets #our Stages

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Sensori"otor PeriodSensori"otor Period

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2oncrete 3peration Period

During this stage, the thoughtprocess becomes more rational,mature and 0adult like0, or more0operational0, /lthough this process

most often continues well into theteenage years. he process is divided

by Piaget into two stages, the2oncrete 3perations, and the 1ormal3perations stage, which is normally

undergone by adolescents. 4n the 2oncrete 3perational stage,

the child has the ability to developlogical thought about an ob5ect, ifthey are able to manipulate it

%'( years of )ge

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1ormal 3peration Period

1inally, in the formaloperational stage ofadolescence, the structures ofdevelopment become theabstract, logically organi6ed

system of adult intelligence.When faced with a comple)

problem, the adolescentspeculates about all possiblesolutions before trying themout in the real world

'( years of age and older

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1ormal 3perations Period

*inally$ in the formal operational stage of adolescence$ the structures of developmentbecome the abstract$ logically organi!ed system of adult intelligence. When faced ith a

complex problem$ the adolescent speculates about all possible solutions before trying

them out in the real orld

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1ormal 3perations Period

*inally$ in the formal operational stage of adolescence$ the structures of developmentbecome the abstract$ logically organi!ed system of adult intelligence. When faced ith a

complex problem$ the adolescent speculates about all possible solutions before trying

them out in the real orld

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1ormal 3perations Period

*inally$ in the formal operational stage of adolescence$ the structures of developmentbecome the abstract$ logically organi!ed system of adult intelligence. When faced ith a

complex problem$ the adolescent speculates about all possible solutions before trying

them out in the real orld

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1ormal 3perations Period

*inally$ in the formal operational stage of adolescence$ the structures of developmentbecome the abstract$ logically organi!ed system of adult intelligence. When faced ith a

complex problem$ the adolescent speculates about all possible solutions before trying

them out in the real orld

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1ormal 3perations Period

*inally$ in the formal operational stage of adolescence$ the structures of developmentbecome the abstract$ logically organi!ed system of adult intelligence. When faced ith a

complex problem$ the adolescent speculates about all possible solutions before trying

them out in the real orld