L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Troll Doll, Dollhouse, Egocentrism
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But a child slightly older, around 3-3. 5, and they would tell you in the model under the pillow. Reversibility a a" and a" a. Compensation, height increases, width decreases: easily swayed by appearance, cannot use symbols effectively, unable to grasp cause and effect. Using deductive logic: syllogisms, factual v. counterfactual, all birds can fly. Can a canary fly: all tools can dance. Piaget in perspective: nature v. nurture (nature: piaget is both. Piaget, children are entering these stages with some kind of innate sense of knowledge. They are also born into the world naturally curious. Consistency of thinking (siegler 1981: overemphasized sense of consistency or broad applicability, set up different tests, and tested children of different ages. Interested in whether children tried to solve these problems in the same sort of way: piaget would argue that children would approach each one using the same.