Piaget’s Theory
Well known French psychologist, Jean Piaget, developed a theory, which is known as the four stages of cognitive development. The stages start from when a child is born up to the age of twelve, or preteen years. According to simplypsychology.org, this source states, “Piaget (1952) believed that [these four stages] are universal-i.e. that the same sequence of development occurs in children all over the world, whatever their culture (McLeod 2009).” To continue, I will elaborate and explain each of the four stages, and current perspective on Piaget’s theory.
The first stages is called, sensorimotor stage, which occurs when the child is born until two years of age. This is the stage, in which, schemes are based on one’s perceptions and behaviors. Jeanne Ormrob eighth edition of Educational Psychology Developing Learners, defines a scheme and states, “organized group of similar actions or thoughts that are used repeatedly in response to the …show more content…
Jean Piaget developed his cognitive development in 1952. What the authors of this article do not account for his that psychologists in the 1950s were not as well educated about the human brain as today’s psychologists’ knowledge of the human brain. Even though, Jean Piaget’s theory lacks the element of the knowledge of the up-to-date information of cognitive development, his theory is educated to future educators and is a guide in children’s’ cognitive development. As a future special education teacher, I applicable to teach elementary school students, and Piaget’s theory is a self-guide to identify if students’ cognitive development is normal for their
Well known French psychologist, Jean Piaget, developed a theory, which is known as the four stages of cognitive development. The stages start from when a child is born up to the age of twelve, or preteen years. According to simplypsychology.org, this source states, “Piaget (1952) believed that [these four stages] are universal-i.e. that the same sequence of development occurs in children all over the world, whatever their culture (McLeod 2009).” To continue, I will elaborate and explain each of the four stages, and current perspective on Piaget’s theory.
The first stages is called, sensorimotor stage, which occurs when the child is born until two years of age. This is the stage, in which, schemes are based on one’s perceptions and behaviors. Jeanne Ormrob eighth edition of Educational Psychology Developing Learners, defines a scheme and states, “organized group of similar actions or thoughts that are used repeatedly in response to the …show more content…
Jean Piaget developed his cognitive development in 1952. What the authors of this article do not account for his that psychologists in the 1950s were not as well educated about the human brain as today’s psychologists’ knowledge of the human brain. Even though, Jean Piaget’s theory lacks the element of the knowledge of the up-to-date information of cognitive development, his theory is educated to future educators and is a guide in children’s’ cognitive development. As a future special education teacher, I applicable to teach elementary school students, and Piaget’s theory is a self-guide to identify if students’ cognitive development is normal for their