Jean Piaget

Bildungsroman A bildungsroman is a type of novel that deals with a person’s formative years or goes on a journey of self-discovery in which the character (usually the protagonist) will gain personal growth as the novel progresses. This kind of novel is usually centered on a child protagonist like in The House on Mango Street or The Bluest Eyes. A Katherine Bell puts it in her dissertation; the bildungsroman is “often referred to as a novel of education” and began in the seventeenth century “as…

several psychological theories trying to explain how two boys so young could commit just vicious crimes. (Urbas, G., 2000) Moral development is perceived in terms of transitioning through stages which may be linked to cognitive dissonance (Boom, 2011). Piaget (1932) created his theory by studying children and how they participated in playing games, a conclusion was developed that there were two stages…

theory of cognitive development, the transfer of control from external to internal processes, regarding the influences and mechanisms involved. Indeed, psychologists such as Vygotsky and Siegler suggest that development is gradual and isn’t as fixed as Piaget proposes and that social interaction plays a greater role. However, there are also several mild comparisons within their theories such as the methods used, resembling key components and the doubt casted on the validity of their theories.…

the Piaget’s egocentric theory used by my peer (T. Maybanks, personal communication, March 21, 2017). According to Piaget, the egocentric child assumes that others see, hear and feel exactly the same as the child does. This girl has inability to see situation from another child’s point of view because she does not realize that her biting is hurting other children. According to Piaget, this stage is called preoperational stage, where child is absorbed in its own private world and does not…

The preoperational stage of cognitive development is a stage where a child is in the pre cognitive stage of understanding. The age ranges from two to seven years of age. Children in this age group are unable to apply logic to situations and create realistic ideas. Most principles associated with this stage are centration, egocentrism, play, symbolic representation, animism and many others. Centration focuses on the child's inability to concentrate on different aspects of a situation at the same…

The book “Helping hyperactive kids- a sensory integration approach” by Lynn J. Horowitz and Cecile Rost was created to guide and provide insight to parents about their child’s behavior. “Helping hyperactive kids” provides useful techniques and activities and a breakdown of how parents could use a sensory integration approach through play to explain the development of a child. Furthermore, this book discusses how the brain works, understanding the main sensory systems and the purpose of sensory…

Developing the practical skills of observing a child in detail and successfully interpreting your observation results is critical to the Occupational Therapy practice. The aim of the video observation assignment is to identify a child’s gross and fine motor abilities, visual perception, social skills, language, and play habits to determine the child’s strength and weaknesses through effective interpreted perceptions. To provide some background information to illustrate the context of the video,…

Physical: -0 months: Turns head towards sounds and movements. Watches the face of an adult who is feeding them. Sleeps most of the time. See best at short distances. Physical growth is fast. -3 months: May begin to sit with support. Start to be able to grasp objects and can move them from one hand to the other. Will begin to crawl and even stand. -9 months: Starts to become more mobile between 9 and 18 months. Can explore its environment to an extent, e.g. can climb stairs but cannot get back…

In the TedTalk, by Alison Gopnik it talked about how babies think. Gopnik used many test in order to verify her theory. To understanding their minds, she gives the adults broccoli and gold fishes and they acted as if they were more into the broccoli then the chips. So the 16 and 18-year-old months’ baby where told to give the adults either the broccoli or gold fish back to them according to the one they showed the more preference. Then later on the test the research turned into an evolution,…

Toddlers can be slow to warm up and cautious in many new situations such as hospitals or around new people such as nurses. To develop a trusting relationship with the toddler during the assessment the nurse should be able to use many different strategies to put the child at ease. One of these strategies is to prepare before coming in the room, if possible wear scrubs with cartoons on them or colorful, the nurse should learn the name of the child in advance, and enter with a smile on their face.…