1
Q
What is paigets stages of cognitive development generally
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- progressive reorganization of mental processes
- viewed the childs learning as an interaction bw: understanding world, interaction of experience and discrepancy, discovery of environmental, adjustments of view
2
Q
What is 0-2 years of paigets development and what happens
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Sensorimotor- experience the world thru sensation + motor acts ( by age two they will finally learn object permanence)
3
Q
What happens in years 2-6 of paigets developmental theory
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Pre Operational
- Egocentric thinking (egocentrism)
- They play w toys as if they are alive (animism)
- begin to lean symbols
4
Q
Wht happens in the concrete operational phase 6-11
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- mental processes only as they relate to real object, can begin to understand that objects have constant mass/volume
- have ability to focus more on one aspect of a problem (decantation)
- the understand that actions may often be undone (reversibility)
5
Q
> 11 years formal operations paigets stages
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-capacity for abstract thought, ability to understand hidden meaning and to develop theories (abstraction)
