Piaget's Theory

Piaget’s theory of cognitive development extends from birth to approximately two years. During this period, the infant develops an understanding of the world through trial and error. One of the most important ways in which a baby progressively adapts to the world is through flavor perception. During Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, the infant learns that certain actions lead to specific consequences. In this case, bitter flavors are typically disliked, causing the baby to make strange facial expressions or even spit the food out. While focusing on six sub stages, my group’s child was fifteen months old, categorized in stage five. With that being said, are some of the baby’s taste preferences shown to be innately organized? To retrieve answers, numerous foods were used to test the chemical senses of flavor on a human infant. …show more content…
After all, flavor determines a baby’s willingness to intake nutrients. Because of this, it’s vital to understand influences of dietary preferences. Not only do a large variety of flavors affect a baby before and after birth, but they also mold long-term choices that can impact their health later on. Furthermore, studies were conducted from feeding the baby similar foods of different flavors. Particular eats that were tested included: original applesauce to strawberry applesauce, vanilla yogurt to peach yogurt, a cracker to a chip, and a pear slice to a green bean. After recording heightened preferences for particular flavors, the mother of the baby was also asked to list foods that she can recall eating during his prenatal development. From this, innate tastes can be easily compared and