On 24 Sep 2004 at 15:06, Rob Weisskirch wrote: > Does anyone know of a good illustration or demonstration of Piagetian > concepts that does not involve the conservation tasks?
The devoted American follower of Piaget, David Elkind, published a study on recognition of composite figures (e.g. a man made up of different kinds of fruit--bananas for legs, apple for face, etc). Younger (preoperational) children tended to report either the parts (fruit) or the whole (a man), but not both; older children were more likely to report both. This demonstrates that preoperational children centre rather than decentre--they focus on only one aspect of a situation to the exclusion of other aspects (as in the conservation test for liquid volume,where they focus on height while ignoring width) I'm at home but I think this may be the reference: Elkind, D., Koegler, R.R., & Go, E. Studies in perceptual development II: Part-whole perception. Child Development, 1964, 35, 81-90. Stephen ___________________________________________________ Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips _______________________________________________ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
