preoperational
Pre-procedure developmental stage
Preoperational describes the stage before a child can perform logical mental operations, typically ages two to seven in Piaget's developmental theory.
Children in this stage think symbolically and use language but struggle with abstract reasoning, conservation of quantity, and seeing others' perspectives: preoperational thinking, the preoperational stage.
Outside psychology, preoperational simply means before an operation or before something becomes operational.
Viewing all through oneself
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
seriation · preconceptual · sensorimotor · schema · assimilation · accommodation · equilibration · object permanence
Believing thoughts affect unrelated events
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- egocentrismViewing all through oneself
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
State of being permanent
- egocentrismViewing all through oneself
- logical inconsistencyFlaw in reasoning coherence
- perspective-takingUnderstanding another's viewpoint
- spatial reasoningGrasping arrangements and dimensions mentally
Imaginative childhood roleplay
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- language acquisitionDeveloping communication ability
- mental imageryPictures formed in mind
- drawingMarks forming a picture
scribbling · fantasy play · role-playing · imaginary friends · gestures · signs · dramatic play
egocentrism
Viewing all through oneself
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
classification · seriation · preconceptual · sensorimotor · schema · assimilation · accommodation · equilibration · object permanence · developmental stage
magical thinking
Believing thoughts affect unrelated events
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- egocentrismViewing all through oneself
- irreversibilityState of being permanent
irreversibility
State of being permanent
- egocentrismViewing all through oneself
- logical inconsistencyFlaw in reasoning coherence
- perspective-takingUnderstanding another's viewpoint
pretend play
Imaginative childhood roleplay
- make-believeImaginative play or fantasy
- language acquisitionDeveloping communication ability
- mental imageryPictures formed in mind
drawing · scribbling · fantasy play · role-playing · imaginary friends · gestures · signs · dramatic play
- child developmentbaby, toddler, newborn, infancy, milestones
- cognitive developmentsensorimotor, object permanence, accommodation, equilibration, egocentrism
- Piaget theoryobject permanence, schema, schemas, schemata, equilibration
- learninglearning, learn, classes, instruction, studying
preoperationalpostoperative
After an operation
post-op · postoperational · post-surgical · intraoperative · operative
preoperationallogical
Based on valid reasoning
operational · concrete · abstract · systematic · decentered
operate, operation, cooperation, operator, cooperative, operative, uncooperative, operations, operational