Piagets theory of cognitive development What can children

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development

What can children do according to Piaget? Ability Understand that if something hidden itchildren still exists • How ismight cognitive ability? Believe inanimate objects (flowers) have feelings 1 year 3 years 5 years differ in terms of their Understand people view the world in different ways Ability to think abut things in reverse order Understand that even if something changes its shape or form, it’s volume or mass remains the same. Ability to use language to create jokes “knock…who’s there? Stop watch…stop watch who? . . . stop what you’re doing and come and play!” Complete logical problem solving tasks, such as… If Bill is taller than Jim and shorter than John who is the tallest? 8 years 10 years 12 years

Hypothetical thinking Ability to put things in reverse order Reversibility Ability to think about abstract ideas Invariant Something that does not change of vary Universal Ability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation Assimilation Ability to rank things in order Accommodation The same for everyone Object permanence Playing with words to create jokes or humour Animism New info is incorporated into an existing schema Egocentrism New info is used to alter or create a new schema Conservation Decentration Understand that even if something changes form, its volume/mass remains the same Knowing an object still exists even if it is hidden from view Seriation Assuming everyone views the world in the same way they do Linguistic humour Giving thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects

Hypothetical thinking Ability to put things in reverse order Reversibility Ability to think about abstract ideas Invariant Something that does not change of vary Universal Ability to focus on more than one aspect of a situation Assimilation Ability to rank things in order Accommodation The same for everyone Object permanence Playing with words to create jokes or humour Animism New info is incorporated into an existing schema Egocentrism New info is used to alter or create a new schema Conservation Decentration Understand that even if something changes form, its volume/mass remains the same Knowing an object still exists even if it is hidden from view Seriation Assuming everyone views the world in the same way they do Linguistic humour Giving thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects

Sort the skill under the correct stage of development Match up the key terms Sensori motor Pre operational Concrete operational Formal operational Conservation Object permanence Egocentrism Seriation Hypothetical thinking Decentration Animism Reversibility Linguistic humour

Sort the skill under the correct stage of development Match up the key terms Sensori motor Object permanence Pre operational Concrete operational Animism Conservation Egocentrism Decentration Reversibility Seriation Linguistic humour Formal operational Hypothetical thinking

What can children do? Ability 3 years 5 years 8 years 10 years 12 years x x x Understand people view the world in different ways x x x Ability to think abut things in reverse order x x x Understand that even if something changes its shape or form, it’s volume or mass remains the same. x x x Ability to use language to create jokes “knock…who’s there? Stop watch…stop watch who? . . . stop what you’re doing and come and play!” x x x Understand that if something is hidden it still exists 1 year • How might children differ in terms of their x x x cognitive ability? Believe inanimate objects (flowers) have feelings Complete logical problem solving tasks, such as… If Bill is taller than Jim and shorter than John who is the tallest? x

Develop the discussion 1. The stages of development are not as rigid as Piaget thought they were – What do you think this means? 2. Children might not complete all the stages – why might this be? Why is this a weakness? 3. Piaget ignored different kinds of thinking – is thinking just about problem solving/logic? What other types of thinking might there be? 4. Thinking doesn’t develop the same for children everywhere – why not? Why is this a weakness?

What would you include in the following? • Discuss Piaget’s theory of cognitive development (8 marks)