PSYCH 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Egocentrism
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Preconceptual (2 to 4 years: errors of logic, transductive (from particular to particular) reasoning. Intuitive (4 to 7 years: intuitive problem solving, egocentrism, reliance on perception, absence of conservation. Remarkable advances in language, mathematical understanding, and reasoning. Material for a simple conservation of liquid experiment. One of the containers from (a) has been poured into a taller, thinner container in (b). The nonconserving child will assume there is more liquid in this new container because it"s taller or less because it"s thinner. An operation can be defined as an internalized activity (in other words, a thought) that is subject to certain rules of logic. The ability to conserve (reflecting logical rules of reversibility, identity, and compensation) Concrete operations: 7 to 11 / 12 yrs. Children can now deal more adequately with classes, series, and number. Thinking is tied to what is concrete. A test of a child"s understanding of seriation.
