Jean Piaget, a Swiss developmental psychologist, pioneered the study of cognitive development in children. Piaget charted a developmental sequence of stages during which the child constructs increasingly complex notions of the world, and he described how the child acts at each level and how this activity leads to the next level. These four progressive stages of cognitive development are: the sensorimotor stage, the preoperational stage, the stage of concrete operations and the stage of formal operations (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander, 2012). In each of these stages of development there are sequential periods in growth of an individual’s ability to think and gain knowledge, self-awareness and awareness of the environment (Mooney,2006).
The sensorimotor …show more content…
This stage occurs between the ages of seven and eleven. In this stage, children begin to think more logically. They are able to master various logical operations such as arithmetic, class and set relationships, measurements and concepts of hierarchal structures. Children also gain the ability to understand the concept of conservation, altering a substance 's appearance does not change its basic properties (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander, 2012). An example of this is when two rows containing equal amounts of blocks are placed in front of a child, if one row is spread farther apart than the other, the child will think that the row spread farther contains more …show more content…
It ranges from the age eleven to adulthood. In this stage they begin to reflect about themselves and the world around them. They develop abstract thought and can easily conserve and think logically in their mind (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander, 2012). An example of this is “If I don’t come home at my curfew time with Dad’s car, then…or…will happen.” At this stage they also develop the ability to engage in scientific thought. Very little was known when Piaget begin to study children in the early 1920’s. After observing children for more than 50 years,
I believe Piaget has had a significant impact in the growth of cognitive development. Through his research and interest, we now have a better understanding of how children think, reason and solve problems. I think now we see more advances in cognitive development in early stages than before. I think Piagets stages of cognitive development are a useful guideline in child development but I research continues to progress, I think we will see substantial new intellectual capacities earlier on continue to see modification and growth earlier on in children (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander,
The sensorimotor …show more content…
This stage occurs between the ages of seven and eleven. In this stage, children begin to think more logically. They are able to master various logical operations such as arithmetic, class and set relationships, measurements and concepts of hierarchal structures. Children also gain the ability to understand the concept of conservation, altering a substance 's appearance does not change its basic properties (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander, 2012). An example of this is when two rows containing equal amounts of blocks are placed in front of a child, if one row is spread farther apart than the other, the child will think that the row spread farther contains more …show more content…
It ranges from the age eleven to adulthood. In this stage they begin to reflect about themselves and the world around them. They develop abstract thought and can easily conserve and think logically in their mind (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander, 2012). An example of this is “If I don’t come home at my curfew time with Dad’s car, then…or…will happen.” At this stage they also develop the ability to engage in scientific thought. Very little was known when Piaget begin to study children in the early 1920’s. After observing children for more than 50 years,
I believe Piaget has had a significant impact in the growth of cognitive development. Through his research and interest, we now have a better understanding of how children think, reason and solve problems. I think now we see more advances in cognitive development in early stages than before. I think Piagets stages of cognitive development are a useful guideline in child development but I research continues to progress, I think we will see substantial new intellectual capacities earlier on continue to see modification and growth earlier on in children (Crandell, Crandell, & Vander,