Outline 10/13/98

Piaget I--Assimilation vs. accommodation

Piaget II--Stage theory of cognitive develop.

Sensorimotor

Preoperational

Concrete Operational

Formal Operations

Piaget Reconsidered

Sensation

 

Meghan and Conservation of Number

 

 

Michael and Conservation of Number

 

 

Meghan and Conservation of Volume

 

 

Michael and Conservation of Volume

 

 

Crit. #1--Piaget probably underestimated the abilities of children

 

 

 

Criticism #2:

Is development best thought of in "stages?"

 

 

Egocentrism again

If asked to show mommy a picture, 2 - 3 year olds will turn the picture the correct way.

 

 

Conservation again

When children play a game where the "number" determines the winner, they are not thrown off by changes in the spacing.

 

 

So, was Piaget wrong?

 

 

What about all those other developmental theories?