What is the preoperative phase?
The preoperative phase is the phase of childhood development according to the four -stage system proposed by Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. Piaget divided the development of childhood into different phases marked with the main functional changes in thinking and psychology. Understanding these phases is important for the evaluation of children as they evolve, and to understand how to approach small children in the way they will be available. Psychologists, educators and people who work with children in the capacity of criminal proceedings are all interested in the phases of development and ways of influencing children. Sometimes it is divided into two smaller phases, symbolic functions and intuitive thought phases. One of the key features of the pre -supporting phase is that it refers to the time when the child begins to acquire the language that Marks the main shift in the way the brain of a person works.
In the preoperative phase, children are very strongly influenced by their perception. For example, they do not understand protection, endEPTU described by Piaget. Children who have problems with protection have difficulty understanding that the amount of something can remain the same despite physical transformation. For example, if the child is displayed two identical vessels filled with the same amount of juice and the juice is poured into two different containers, the child will think that one holds more liquid, does not understand that the same amount of juice is held in each container.
The preoperative phase is also marked by egocentrism in which the child is unable to think about something from someone else. Children also have difficulty with logical and abstract thinking during the preoperative phase of their knowledge is based on perception.
Being in the preoperative phase comes with some significant changes in thinking and cognitive development. In addition to getting language, children are also beginning to explore imagination and imagination. When acquiring languages comes an understanding of the idea that something can be represented, although in fact it is present; For example, the word "banana" describes a banana, withBanana as a picture of a banana, although the banana itself is not around. Children are also beginning to play with ideas such as pretending, that objects are other things, transform sticks into chopsticks, superheroes and pets with pets with the power of imagination.