Piaget's Cognitive Development Report

Piaget’s cognitive development theory has four periods and the sensorimotor period in particular pique my interest. The period basically explains the cognitive growth we undergo the first two years of life. Growing up I was surrounded with family. My great grandmother had seventeen kids, who in return went on to have countless kids as well, and so the process continued. When it was my siblings turn to produce, they wasted no time. Presently there are seven juniors with promises of more to come in the near future. So yes I’ve been around children my whole life and I’ve developed quit a few what, when, and why questions. On numerous occasions I’ve been asked to babysit, and consequently I’ve observed frequent behaviors that I couldn’t apprehend. For instance why don’t babies …show more content…
Furthermore why are they into everything, and what does banging on a table and constantly dropping items accomplish other than giving headaches. Piaget’s sensorimotor period assisted me in understanding my uncertainties. I realized the importance in banging, and how the constant curiosity to explore are a good and essential part of their development. This theory and period provides one with a better understanding of their growth cognitively and physically during the infancy/toddler years.
Piaget’s cognitive development theory claims that our cognitive growth stems from motor behavior. The theory presents four discrete stages in a set sequence from infancy to adolescents. The order is as followed: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational. The escalation from one stage to another requires a certain degree of bodily growth and explorations. The theory also explains that kids ‘quality’ of comprehension grows and changes throughout the stages. “Piaget believed that the basic building blocks of the way we understand the world are mental structures