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Piaget & Constructivism
Definitions for Piaget's Theory of Development
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
02/15/2009

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Jean Piaget

 

Biographic Details

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1896-1980

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Genetic epistemology

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The study of the origins and development of knowledge (Piaget)

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Mental Representation
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An internalized, personal understanding of some aspect of the external world

 
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Object Permanence

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The understanding that objects exist when they can no longer be seen
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Centration

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The tendency to focus exclusively on a single aspect of a situation

 
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Egocentrism
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The absence of awareness of the separate existence of either other objects or people.
Lack of ToM
Lack of Object Permanence
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Schema
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A representation of a sequence of actions developed as a result of a child’s action on the environment
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Assimilation
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The process of “fitting” aspects of the environment into existing schemas
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Intrinsic motivation
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The desire to spontaneously apply existing schema to new situations
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Accommodation
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The process of modifying schemas to suit the environment better
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