HDFS201 Lecture 14: Life Span Development Lecture 14
18 Dec 2018
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Stage comparisons: sensorimotor, no concrete evidence of internalized representations, preoperational. Internal reps but irreversible: concrete operational, reversible but limited to concrete, difficult to solve logical syllogisms. Preoperational stage: ages 18 -24 months to 7 years, egocentrism. Internalized representation but thinking is irreversible, illogical, and magical . Interpersonal: spatial, animism, centration, static imagery, poor conservation skills. Correct ways to solve conservation tasks: one-to-one correspondence. You didn"t add any or take any away . All you"d have to do is pour it back, and you"d see it"s the same : only reversible thinking graduates you to concrete operations. Correcting some common misconceptions: some preoperational kids can solve conservation tasks but they cannot use reversible thinking, so, you do not have to be concrete operational to solve conservations tasks. Less egocentrism: rarely confuse appearances with reality, reversible thinking, better perspective -taking, conservation, class-inclusion. Thinking is limited to the concrete and the real.
