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 time. Egocentrism makes the child unable to view a situation from others perspectives. There's no balance between others views and their views, making the child think everyone thinks like he/she thinks.The play principles revolves around the child wanting
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For example, I had given my barbie doll the name Lucy, and tucked her in bed each night with me before I slept. Whenever I slept off in my bed with the doll, laying on the floor, I did wake up in the middle of the night thinking she would get cold by laying on the floor. In my brain I had imagined her as a human being with emotions and feelings like the way a real person would respond. Even whenever my mom or dad would dress me up for school, I did sob because I could not take my doll with me to school. While in elementary school, I imagined her at home, missing me and often feeling lonely. This represents a lack of ability to differentiate inanimate objects from animate objects. I did become flustered and confused whenever my parents said, "she's just a doll". Of course I knew it was a doll but I put life into it through imagination. Many children like myself see no sense in knowing false perceptions because they are unable to cognitively adjust their minds to reality. I was egocentric to an extent, I never fully understood each time my mother yelled, "you would be late if you don’t drop that doll". I saw it as being inconsiderate. At this age, I was drawn to the frame and appearance of the doll because, it was relatively similar to the human body.My thoughts were focused on one aspect of each situation. My thinking
For example, I had given my barbie doll the name Lucy, and tucked her in bed each night with me before I slept. Whenever I slept off in my bed with the doll, laying on the floor, I did wake up in the middle of the night thinking she would get cold by laying on the floor. In my brain I had imagined her as a human being with emotions and feelings like the way a real person would respond. Even whenever my mom or dad would dress me up for school, I did sob because I could not take my doll with me to school. While in elementary school, I imagined her at home, missing me and often feeling lonely. This represents a lack of ability to differentiate inanimate objects from animate objects. I did become flustered and confused whenever my parents said, "she's just a doll". Of course I knew it was a doll but I put life into it through imagination. Many children like myself see no sense in knowing false perceptions because they are unable to cognitively adjust their minds to reality. I was egocentric to an extent, I never fully understood each time my mother yelled, "you would be late if you don’t drop that doll". I saw it as being inconsiderate. At this age, I was drawn to the frame and appearance of the doll because, it was relatively similar to the human body.My thoughts were focused on one aspect of each situation. My thinking