Jean Piaget was born in Switzerland on 9 August 1896, He died on September 16, 1980. Piaget was the oldest child of Arthur Piaget. He is famous for his learning theories based on different stages in the development of children's intelligence. Piaget was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. He developed a deeper interest in psychoanalysis. His contribution includes a theory of child cognitive development and other things.
Piaget Stages Of Mental Growth:
1 - The sensory-motor stage
2 - The preoperational stage
3 - The concrete operational stage 4 - The formal operational stage
Piaget Cognitive Processes :
1 - Schema
2- Assimilation
3 - Accommodation
4 - Equilibration …show more content…
After an infant has reached the age of 24 months, he/she moves into the pre-operational stage from 24 months to 7 years old. When the child reaches seven years old, he/she enters the concrete operational stage from 7 to 12 years old. When a child hits the age of adolescence, he/she moves into the final stage of development, known as the formal operational stage from adolescence through adulthood.
The sensory-motor stage is the earliest theory in Piaget cognitive development. Piaget describes this period as a time of tremendous growth and change.
The pre-operational stage is the second theory in Piaget cognitive development. This stage begins around age 2 when children start to talks. Children begin to engage in symbolic play and learn to manipulate symbols. But they still not understand concert logic.
Concert operational stage is the third theory in Piaget cognitive development. This period spans the time of middle childhood. Kids at this age become more logical about the concert and specific things.
Formal operational stage the fourth theory and the final in Piaget cognitive development. Thinking become much more sophisticated and advanced. Kids can think about abstract and theoretical concepts and use logic to come up with a creative solution to …show more content…
I do to her the same with Maryam, and I asked her how many coins do you see? She said without taking time eight coins. I impressed because she didn't even think, and she is only six years old. Then I asked her which line had more coins? She answered each on had four so it's the same number of coins. As I do with Maryam and take the white coins and put it before the black coins, so I asked Mahra again which line had more coins now? She said still 4 for each line. I asked her why she answered not because you put the white coins before the black that means the White had more it's still the same four white coins and four black coins.
When I do this experiment with Mahra and Maryam, I notice that they had different answers. Maryam looked confused little when she was answering, and she toke a while to answered each question, but Mahra didn't take the time to answer my questions.
As they said the old, they get the more they know, but some kids are intelligent no matter how old they are it depends on their ability to understand the