PSYB20H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Paper Clip, Autism Spectrum, Computer Literacy
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According to piaget, at about age 7 children enter the concrete operations and begin to use mental operations to solve concrete (actual) problems. Children can now think more logically because they can take multiple aspects of a situation into account. Although thinking is still limited to real situations in the here and now. Can perform tasks at a much higher level than they could in the preoperational stage. Better understanding on spatial concepts, causality, categorization, inductive and deductive reasoning, conservation, and number. Children at this stage can spatial better relationships better than those in the preoperational stage due to the increasing sophistication with symbolic thinking. They have a clearer idea of how far it is from one place to another and how long it will take to get there, and can more easily remember the landmarks along the way development. Experience plays a role in this the route and.
