Meaning
Theappearancementionedhereisthepreservationoftheimageofexternalthingsinthemind.
Characteristics
First,thespecificimage.Second,begintounderstandtheattributesofthings.
Themainformofthinkinginchildrenagedthreetosix.Itismainlycarriedoutbyrelyingontheconcreteimageorappearanceofthings,ratherthanrelyingontheunderstandingofthings,thatis,notrelyingonconcepts,judgments,andreasoning.Itscharacteristics:①Itisconcreteandvivid,thatis,thinkingactivitiescannotbecarriedoutwithouttheconcreteimage.②Starttounderstandtheattributesofthings,thatis,throughtheperceptionofobjects,graduallyunderstandtheattributesofthings,anddistinguishthedifferentcharacteristicsofthings.Thiskindofthinkingcannotreallyrevealtheessentialcharacteristicsofthings.
Specificexamples
Thecharacteristicofconcretethinkinginimagesisthatchildren’sthinkingatthistimemainlydependsontheconcreteimageorappearanceofthingsandtheirmutualconnections,ratherthanrelyingonthings.Theunderstandingoftheinnernatureorrelationshipofthepersoniscarriedoutbymeansofconcepts,judgmentsandreasoning.Forexample,whenyoutalkabout"someone'sson"withachild,hethinksthatthe"son"mustbeachild.Ifitisanadultwithalongbeard,itwouldbeunbelievable.Becausethe"son"heunderstandsishisownimage,hehasnotyetformedanabstractconceptof"son".Whenchildrenlearntocount,theycannotunderstandtheabstract"1,2,3",theycanonlyrecognizeanapple,2dolls,3biscuitsinfrontofthem...Childrenmaynotbeabletodirectlyanswer2+3=?Butifheisallowedtocounthisfingers,heknowsthathefirststretchesouttwofingers,thenstretchesoutthreefingers,atotaloffivefingersstretchedout.
Developmentprocess
Concretethinkinginimagesisdevelopedonthebasisofintuitiveactionthinking.Duetotheappearanceofrepresentationalfunctions,children’sintuitivethinkinginimagescantransitiontoconcretethinkinginimages.Improvechildren'sgeneralizationlevelofthingstothelevelof"image",thusenablingthemtosolvemorecomplexproblems.Forexample,childrenplayrolesingames,obeytherules,andactaccordingtothetheme.Theyrelyontheappearanceofroles,rulesandactionplansintheirmindstothinkandsolveproblems.
Theintuitiveandvisualcharacteristicsofthinking,evenintheearlyschool-agechildren,haveobviousmanifestations.Toalargeextent,theirthinkingisalsoconnectedwithperceptualknowledge,andwiththeperceptionandoppositiontospecificobjectsandphenomena.Externalthingsareconnectedbyvividandintuitiveappearances.