Basic concepts of the preoperational stage
What are the approximate ages of children in the preoperational stage according to Jean Piaget?
Ages 2 to 7 years old.
What is egocentrism in this stage?
Egocentrism is the inability to see situations from another person's perspective.
In the conservation of liquid experiment, why does a child think a taller glass has more water?
Because the child focuses on the height of the glass and ignores its width.
Why is pretend play important for cognitive development in this stage?
Pretend play helps children develop symbolic thinking, language, and social understanding.
What is the name of the stage tha follows the sensorimotor stage in Piaget's theory?
The preoperational stage
What is centration?
Centration is focusing on one aspect of a situation while ignoring others.
What is symbolic play?
Symbolic play is when children use objects or actions to represent something else.
How should teacher adapt instruction for children in the preoperational stage?
Teacher should use concrete materials, visual aids, simple language, and hands-on activities
What is the main type of thinking children develop during the preoperational stage?
Symbolic Thinking (the ability to use symbols, words or images to represent objects)
What is animism?
Animism is the belief that inanimate objects have feelings, thoughts or intentions.
why symbolic play is important in this stage?
It's important because supports imagination and cognitive development
Why do children in this stage struggle with understanding other people's perspectives?
Is thinking in this stage logical or intuitive?
Thinking is intuitive
What is conservation?
Conservation is the understanding that certain properties of objects such as quantity, mass, volume, number or length remain the same even when their appearance changes.
In what type of task do children focus on only one aspect of a situation?
Centration task
How does language development change during this stage?
Language develops quickly, with vocabulary expansion and increased use of symbols, although thinking is still egocentric.
What is one major limitation of thinking during the preoperational stage?
One major limitation is the lack of logical operations (children cannot yet think logically or systematically)
What is irreversibility in thinking?
Irreversibility is the inability to mentally reverse actions or processes.
What is an example of artificialism in children's thinking?
Believing that natural objects or events are created by humans (for example, thinking mountains were built by people)
Why can children classify objects but still struggle with complex logical operations?
Because children can group objects based on simple features but cannot yet perform logical mental operations.