PSYC 4070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: David Elkind, Identity Formation, Egocentrism
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Cognitive development in piaget"s formal stage, adolescence thought, and other theories. 12+ years old may not fully attain until 18-22. Think about the (cid:498)form(cid:499) of statements and ideas-rather than the concrete. Concrete reasoners try to solve many problems by trial-and-error. Formal reasoners will hypothesize and mentally consider results (in their things the words represent. head). Based upon the feedback from old hypotheses, generate new and better hypotheses. Beaker on right (x) contains one or a mixture of the chemicals 1-4. Combination of liquids or four-beaker problem add a few drops of (cid:498)g(cid:499) to (cid:498)x(cid:499) watch what happens. Determine how each chemical effects reaction (getting the yellow color). Concrete reasoners are weak on a capacity called, interpropositional. Concrete reasoners cannot compare several hypotheses to see if they are logically consistent with each other. Concrete reasoners have difficulty generating and thinking about hypotheses. To concrete reaoners- reality is the only possibility. To a formal reasoners- reality is one of many possibilities.
