GCSE Psychology 9-1

Psychology 9-1 GCSE -  1.2.1 -  Piaget and Inhelder (1956) Three mountains task: Aims -  To see at what age children are no longer egocentric. Procedures -  A child sits at a table with a model of three mountains - one big, two smaller ones. The child can sit either in front of the model or at another angle. The researcher then places a doll in different positions in the model. Then, the child is shown 10 pictures of the mountains taken at different positions and asked to pick the picture that shows what the doll would see. If the child chose the correct picture Piaget would assume they were not egocentric. Findings -  Found that 4 year olds always chose the picture that showed what they could see. But at 7 children pointed out the dolls point of view. Conclusion -  At around 7 years old, the child is no longer egocentric in where they can see more than their own perspectives. Strengths -  This test was revolutiona...

Psychology 9-1 GCSE 1.1.2 -  Understand the role of education and intelligence, including Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, and the four stages of cognitive development, including strengths and weaknesses of the theory: a) Sensorimotor -  This is the first stage of development in Piagets theory. It usually ranges between the ages 0 and 2. In this stage the child develops their sensory and motor skills by interacting with other children and their environment. b) Preoperational -  This is the second stage of development and ranges between ages 2 and 6. Children at this stage become increasingly able to internally represent events. They start to properly talk, engage in symbolic play and manipulate symbols.  c) Concrete Operational -  This is the third stage and ranges from ages 7 to 11. This marks the beginning of logical or operational thought. They start to comprehend and understand relativity. This means they start to work things out ...