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- preoperational stage begins at what age and ends at what age
- begins at 2 and lasts until age 6
- preoperational child shows improvements in what:
- language use, words, gestures, signs, and images (semiotic function)
- preoperational child uses what type of reasoning
- transductive
- transductive reasoning
- 2 objects share a common quality they are identical- all 4 legged animals are cats
- preoperational though includes what characteristic
- centration
- centration is
- focus on 1 aspect of the situation and exclude all others--mom is not a sister, aunt, daughter, just mom
- egocentrism is
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assume that everyone shares their feelings and perspectives;
ex: draw family without themselves in picture - collective monologue is
- kids talking in a group without any interaction with the other kids.
- preoperationsl stage of cognitive development overcomes what
- egocentrism
- conservation
- an amount or quanity is unaffected by changes in shape or placement
- preoperational child does/does not understand conservation
- does not-- will think the taller glass (with the same amt of liquid as shorter glass) has more liquid
- irreversibility
- inability to recognize the same conditions that existed before the transformation occurred
- preoperational child does/does not understand irreversibility
- does not-- willpouring liquid from taller glass back to smaller one brings about same amount
- sensorimotor stage (Piaget)
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infancy - 2 y.o.
learns to coordinate sensory experiences and motor behavior; by 9 mos infant can grab a moving object - preoperational stage (piaget)
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age 2
cannot perform full cognitive operations, but shows improvement - concrete operational stage (piaget)
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6 y.o.
they reason logically but limited to reasoning about objects that are physically present; begin to develop abstract thinking - formal operational stage (piaget)
- reached at age 12; full abstract thinking; can consider contrary facts; consider possibilities and hypothetical questions