CDFS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Egocentrism, Lev Vygotsky
29 Mar 2016
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Preoperational intelligence: cognitive development between the ages of about 2 and 6, includes language and imagination, suggests logical, operational thinking is not yet possible at this stage. Piaget described four limitations of preoperational thought that make logic difficult until about age 6. Centration: includes characteristic of preoperational thought whereby a young child focuses (centers) on one idea, excluding all others; may include egocentrism. Focus on appearance: characteristic of preoperational thought whereby a young child ignores all attributes that are not apparent. Static reasoning: characteristic of preoperational thought whereby a young child thinks that nothing changes. Irreversibility: characteristic of preoperational thought whereby a young child thinks that nothing can be undone. A thing cannot be restored to the way it was before a change occurred. Principle that the amount of a substance remains the same (i. e. , is conserved) when its appearance changes.
