GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY
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Equilibrium
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Disequilibrium
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Egocentric
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Relatively less egocentric
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Detailed explanation-1: -Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development describes cognitive disequilibrium as a state of cognitive imbalance [1]. We experience such a state of imbalance when encountering information that requires us to develop new schema or modify existing schema (i.e., accommodate).
Detailed explanation-2: -Piaget’s Theory He proposed that between the ages of 5-9 years old, children develop moral realism; that is, they believe that morality is conducted by authority figures and breaking rules will lead to punishment.
Detailed explanation-3: -If they come across a new situation or task that they do not understand, Piaget called this disequilibrium. This occurs when a child is unable to use existing schema to understand new information to make sense of objects and concepts.