Piaget's Four Stages Of Cognitive Development Theory

According to Piaget’s four stages of cognitive development theory (Santrock, 2014), I would be in the formal operational stage. This stage can begin as early as 11 and continue throughout the lifespan developmental process. In this stage one begins to reason in more abstract, idealistic, and logical ways (Santrock 2014). I would say that I have been in this stage for many years now, and have made a lot of developmental progress throughout this cognitive stage. For example, over the years I have begun to use more logical reasoning in my thinking process. Whereas, once in my life I was not able to logically think about the world around me. Most of my thoughts were centered on the things I saw and how I perceived them. For instance, when I was …show more content…
(2002.), a topical approach to lifespan development. Boston: McGrawhill.), I would say that I fall into the sixth stage. This stage occurs during early adulthood, and consists of the social crisis of intimacy versus isolation. The theory states that I am faced with the developmental task of forming intimate relationships. If I am unable to form these relationships then isolation will occur. If you ask me, this is kind of a scary thing to be faced with. I would say this is a very important developmental stage in my life. The relationships that I form now could directly affect my relationships for the rest of my life. I would say that in my life many of my relationships have been healthy and have achieved intimacy. When I was younger this kind of relationship seemed to only exist within my family. But as I have developed socially through life these kind of relationships have begun to become more common. I have developed in this manner simply because of the healthy relationships I developed within my family at a young age that has given me the skills to achieve these kind of relationships outside the family …show more content…
It includes genes inherited from the parents, the development of the brain, height and weight gains, changes in motor skills, nutrition, exercise, hormonal changes, and decline in cardiovascular fuction. This process is why everyone physically develops differently at a different pace. For me most of my physical development took place in middle school. I grew around nine inches in a year and a half and hit puberty at this time as well. Growing so much in such a short amount of time, it took me awhile to get used to my body. But after a while I began to notice a lot of motor skill development. Over time we obviously never stop developing physically, we go from infants, teens, to adults and even after that our body keeps on changing. We may not like some of these changes, but it is all part of our complete development over the course of our