Forman Christian College University
Course Code: EDU 120
Course Title: Educational Psychology
Explain Piaget's theory by giving two examples of each term by following each age
group (one example for each age group).
1- Egocentrism-
age 0-2 years: The child cries when he/she is not paid attention
age 2-7 years: if a child is happy and energetic, he will expect every other person near him to
feel the same way
2- Conservation-
age 0-2 years: if we put a big ball and a small ball in front of the child and ask him/her to
identify the bigger one, the child will not be able to respond because they don’t not have
knowledge about size yet
age 2-7 years: if one child has 4 big toys and another child has 6 small toys, they will be able
to count and tell who really has more and who has less
3- Seriation-
age 2-7 years: If a child is given a deck of cards, he/she will be able to arrange them in
decreasing or increasing order
age 7-11 years: if a child is asked to segregate his/her toys according to shape, then they will
be able to put all square shaped toys at one place, triangular shaped toys at another place,
circular shaped objects at another place and so on
4- Inductive reasoning-
age 7-11 years: Whenever a child is around flowers, he begins to sneeze and has difficulty
breathing. The child can then generalise that he/she is allergic to flowers
age 11 onwards: The child observes that his grandparents died, and a few other people might
have died too which brings him/her to the conclusion that all human beings are to die
5- Spatial thinking-
age 7-11 years: The child is able to tell which distance is greater; distance from his home to
school is or the distance from home to the horse riding club
age 11 onwards: When mom doesn’t know the route to a new place, the child can guide her
by reading a map
Course Code: EDU 120
Course Title: Educational Psychology
Explain Piaget's theory by giving two examples of each term by following each age
group (one example for each age group).
1- Egocentrism-
age 0-2 years: The child cries when he/she is not paid attention
age 2-7 years: if a child is happy and energetic, he will expect every other person near him to
feel the same way
2- Conservation-
age 0-2 years: if we put a big ball and a small ball in front of the child and ask him/her to
identify the bigger one, the child will not be able to respond because they don’t not have
knowledge about size yet
age 2-7 years: if one child has 4 big toys and another child has 6 small toys, they will be able
to count and tell who really has more and who has less
3- Seriation-
age 2-7 years: If a child is given a deck of cards, he/she will be able to arrange them in
decreasing or increasing order
age 7-11 years: if a child is asked to segregate his/her toys according to shape, then they will
be able to put all square shaped toys at one place, triangular shaped toys at another place,
circular shaped objects at another place and so on
4- Inductive reasoning-
age 7-11 years: Whenever a child is around flowers, he begins to sneeze and has difficulty
breathing. The child can then generalise that he/she is allergic to flowers
age 11 onwards: The child observes that his grandparents died, and a few other people might
have died too which brings him/her to the conclusion that all human beings are to die
5- Spatial thinking-
age 7-11 years: The child is able to tell which distance is greater; distance from his home to
school is or the distance from home to the horse riding club
age 11 onwards: When mom doesn’t know the route to a new place, the child can guide her
by reading a map
