Psychology GCSE
Conservation and egocentricity
What Conservation and egocentricity means in Psychology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conservation and egocentricity
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In the pre-operational stage children think egocentrically and are not yet able to conserve, while conservation develops in the concrete operational stage.
Topics that use Conservation and egocentricity
- Development (AQA GCSE)
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- Accommodation
- Active, discovery-based learning
- Application of developmental stages to education
- Application to examples of behaviour
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- Criticism of learning styles
- Effect of task design on children’s performance
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