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Culture and the Individual
Genetic Epistemology
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Genetic Epistemology
Jean Piaget
Genetically (developmentally) determined
Epistemology = ways of knowing
Piagets research on his own (Swiss) children
Four stages of cognitive development
He believed they were universal and genetically programmed.
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Piaget’s Stages
Sensory Motor – relating sensory experiences to motor actions, object permanence
Preoperational – use of symbols to think and talk and to solve simple problems, pretending, storytelling, drawing
Concrete Operations – logical mental operations on concrete objects, conservation of volume
Formal Operations – think about and solve abstract problems in a logical manner
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Piaget: General Criticisms
Piaget’s theory is no longer a basis of understanding child development because of weaknesses in the theory
• Genetic contributions have been found to be less important than environmental factors
• Children can sometimes solve problems earlier than Piaget’s projected stage.
• Piaget’s theory describes stages, but does not say how change from one stage/task to another happens.
• Children have many more skills and abilities than Piaget describes in any of his stages.
New theories have been developedEG. Theory theory = children have an innate ability to make guesses about the world and test them against information in their environment.
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Cross Cultural Tests of PiagetConcrete Operations
When people use concrete operations, they do so in similar ways cross-culturallyLag times up to 5 or 6 years in some culturesSome cultures acquire skills earlier (Mexico – pottery)Some operations not performed at all if not culturally relevantConservation tasks will be affected by subsistence strategies:
Hunting and gathering – better at horizontality - slower at conservation
Agricultural – advanced in conservation because of storage and transportation of goodsEcological factors do not affect sequences, but do affect
rates of acquisition
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Cross-Cultural Tests of Piaget
Formal OperationsPeople in all cultures need training to get to formal operationsAll people have the capacity for formal operationsSchooling is a crucial factor in acquiring formal operationsTraining is necessary but not sufficient
EG. High school and University studentsAustralia, Mayalasia, India and Chinese-MalayPretests, training, post tests showedPretests showed differences (performance)Post tests showed no differences (competence)