Piaget's Life
What country is Jean Piaget from?
what is Switzerland?
A toddler sees you hide a toy under a blanket and really thinks the toy disappeared.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
In Toy Story, young Andy believes his toys have feelings, thoughts, and emotional lives. Piaget would call this classic preoperational phenomenon by this name.
What is animism?
A preschooler sees a crescent moon and says, "Look! The moon is following our car because it likes us."
What is animism?
A child learns a new animal and immediately says, "It's a dog!" even though it's clearly a raccoon.
What is assimilation?
What is Piaget's birthday?
What is August 9, 1896?
A child insists the taller glass has "more juice," even though you poured it from the same cup right in front of them.
What is the preoperational stage?
In Finding Nemo, Little Squirt learns by trial-and-error while surfing the EAC. Squirt's learning style best reflects this Piagetian process.
What is assimilation?
A child refuses to eat broccoli because "it touched the chicken, so now the chicken is broccoli too."
What is centration?
After calling a raccoon a "dog," the child finally realizes it's different and creates a new idea in their mind for "raccoon."
What is accommodation?
Where did Piaget Study?
What is the University of Neuchatel?
A student can finally sort crayons by color, then by size, and explain why both systems work. They feel very proud.
What is the concrete operational stage?
In Home Alone, Kevin sets up elaborate traps and predicts how the burglars will react. His ability to think through hypothetical scenarios shows hes operating in this stage.
What is the formal operational stage?
A toddler drops their spoon for the tenth time, watches you pick it up, and giggles. Then they do it again.
What is a circular reaction?
A toddler keeps combining actions—like looking, reaching, and grabbing—until they form a smooth, coordinated skill.
What is organization?
What was Piaget fascinated by?
What is how children think?
A teenager argues that if everyone recycled, world peace would naturally follow. Their logic is questionable, but impressively abstract.
What is the formal operational stage?
In Frozen, Olaf insists that summer will be great for a snowman. His inability to understand physical realities reflects this preoperational stage?
What is egocentrism?
A child insists their baby sister is older now because "she took a longer nap than me."
What is preoperational thinking?
A child gets confused when their old idea doesn’t work anymore, then works hard to figure out a new way of understanding it.
What is equilibration?
What did Piaget spend his life studying?
What is how thinking develops from infancy to adulthood?
A child covers their eyes during hide-and-seek because "if I can't see you, you can't see me."
What is the preoperational stage?
In The Mandalorian, Baby Yoda hides behind a bowl when he doesn't want to be seen, assuming the world disappears when he covers his eyes. Piaget would place this behavior in this stage.
What is the sensorimotor stage?
A kid spills juice and says, "I didn't spill the juice, my hand did. My hand is naughty."
What is immature reasoning?
A kid tries to understand a new toy by fitting it into what they already know, then adjusting their thinking when that doesn’t work.
What is adaptation?