Jean Piaget Background
These are the names of Piaget's parents
Rebecca Jackson and Arthur Piaget
0-2yrs old, children gain knowledge through sensory impression and motor activity
Sensorimotor Stage
Pouring water from a short, fat glass into a tall, skinny glass does not change the volume
Conservation
Piaget's Place of Death
Geneva, Switzerland
7-12yrs old, can complete logical operations, conservation, classification
Concrete Operational Stage
Children are unable to understand that other people have their own different point of view (the world revolves around them)
Egocentric Thought
Place of Birth
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
12-adult, begin to understand more abstract ideas, ask and answer hypotheticals
Formal Operational Stage
Children learn that something is still there even if they cannot see it
Object Permanence
Putting new information into already existing categories (mental structures/schemas)
Assimilation
These are the universities that Piaget attended
University of Neuchâtel, University of Zurich
2-7yrs old, begin to use language and symbols to communicate, animism
Pre-Operational Stage
Children can copy an activity that they have seen previously (funny face, tantrum)
Deferred Imitation
Modifying existing schemas or creating new ones to incorporate new information that doesn't fit the old categories
Accommodation
These are Piaget's areas of study
Zoology, Psychology
Name of Piaget's Theory
Genetic Epistemology
Children can sort objects into groups by shape, size, and color
Classification