Learning Objectives:
-Students will understand how children think, learn and
emotionally develop
-Students will be able to discuss reasons why the autism rate
is growing 10-17% a year
 1896-1980
 Swiss developmental
psychologist
 Studied Children's pattern
of thinking
Assimilation
 Process by which new
info is placed into
categories that already
exist.
Accommodation
 The process of adjusting
existing ways of thinking
to encompass new
information.
Conservation: The
understanding that
certain physical
properties of an object
remain unchanged
despite changes in its
appearance.
Egocentrism: The
tendency to view the world
from your own perspective
without recognizing that
other may have a different
view point
Concrete Operational Stage (5-10)
Think logically but not abstractly