Jean Piaget Research Paper

Jean Piaget is best known for The Cognitive Development Theory, which he proposed that children’s thinking go through a set series of four major stages. This includes thoughts, judgement and knowledge from infancy-adulthood. He suggested that we go through these stages according to age and that the stages are gone through one after the other as we mature. These four stages are called the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operations and formal operations. Each stage builds upon knowledge learned in the previous stage. Sensorimotor stage is the first stage that children go through according to Jean Piaget. This stage is birth-2 years old. According to Piaget during this stage, infants can only focus on “here and now”. They focus …show more content…
During this stage, although their thinking is not completely logical, young children begin to develop language, memory, imagination and think about things symbolically. During this stage, the child is egocentric Stage 3 is concrete operations from ages 7-11 years old. During this stage, children demonstrate logical and concrete reasoning. Their thinking becomes less egocentric and they realize others’ perspectives. The child now understands conservation in this stage. The final stage is formal operations which is from 11 years old to adulthood. In this stage, the adolescent can reason abstractly and think in hypothetical terms. This stage involves an increase in logic, he ability to use deductive reasoning and an understanding of abstract ideas. The goal of participating in sports and having physical education in schools is to improve in areas of cognitive development beginning with motor skills. The four basic motor skills that reflect a child’s athletic skills are force, agility, balance and flexibility. Balance is very important for developing an athlete. In many team sports improved balance helps with running, throwing, kicking, rapid change in direction and more in many team