PSYCH211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Counterfactual Thinking, Critical Role, Egocentrism
3 Mar 2016
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Preoperational stage in piagetian theory, the stage of cognitive development during which children use symbols to represent objects and events they start using words, gestures, graphs, maps and models. Three important characteristics: egocentrism, centration, and appearance. Egocentrism seeing the world primarily from the perspective of self, rather than of other people. Kids do not comprehend that other people have different ideas and feelings. Preoperational preschoolers can not see things from another person"s perspective. Babies think that another person knows and thinks what they"re doing. Centration in piagetian theory, the term for narrowly focused thought, typically during the preoperational stage. Determining the importance of objects appearance, despite their shape play dough, water glass, coins. Kids see which one looks bigger, or taller or longer. Preoperational thinking over-focuses on one aspect of a situation they over look other parts of the problems that would tell them the quantity is unchanged.
