Piaget, Sensorimotor stage, Object Permanence.
The Sensorimotor Stage
Jean Piaget was a clinical psychologist from Switzerland. He is best known for being the pioneer who developed the stages of cognitive development. The fields in which he worked were Developmental Psychology as well as Epistemology. Piaget was born on August 9, 1896 and died on September 16, 1980. He was 84 years old when he died.
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
According to the book Psychology in Everyday Life Third Edition, a book used in many psychology classes, Piaget established four stages of cognitive development. The first stage, the sensorimotor stage last from birth to nearly 2 years of age. The second stage, the preoperational stage last from about 2 years of age to 6 or 7 years of age. The third stage, the concrete operational stage last from ages 6 or 7 to age 11. The final stage is called the formal operational stage, it last from age 12 through adulthood. Piaget established these stages of cognitive development by observing his three children.
A Few Words from the Wise
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Object permanence is when a child realizes that something is still there even when they are unable to see it. An example of this is placing an object under a blank a child who has object permanence will know that the object is still there even though the object is not visible to them. I believe that my Godson has achieved object permanence here is why. Before when he was around the age of one I would cover myself with a blanket and he would think that I was no longer there, but then when I would emerge from the blanket he would laugh. I think this was because he believed that I had disappeared. However recently I have tried this and he will pull the blanket off me. This is because he now knows that I am under the blanket. Therefore, he has achieved object
The Sensorimotor Stage
Jean Piaget was a clinical psychologist from Switzerland. He is best known for being the pioneer who developed the stages of cognitive development. The fields in which he worked were Developmental Psychology as well as Epistemology. Piaget was born on August 9, 1896 and died on September 16, 1980. He was 84 years old when he died.
Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development
According to the book Psychology in Everyday Life Third Edition, a book used in many psychology classes, Piaget established four stages of cognitive development. The first stage, the sensorimotor stage last from birth to nearly 2 years of age. The second stage, the preoperational stage last from about 2 years of age to 6 or 7 years of age. The third stage, the concrete operational stage last from ages 6 or 7 to age 11. The final stage is called the formal operational stage, it last from age 12 through adulthood. Piaget established these stages of cognitive development by observing his three children.
A Few Words from the Wise
Piaget, the founder of the four stages of …show more content…
Object permanence is when a child realizes that something is still there even when they are unable to see it. An example of this is placing an object under a blank a child who has object permanence will know that the object is still there even though the object is not visible to them. I believe that my Godson has achieved object permanence here is why. Before when he was around the age of one I would cover myself with a blanket and he would think that I was no longer there, but then when I would emerge from the blanket he would laugh. I think this was because he believed that I had disappeared. However recently I have tried this and he will pull the blanket off me. This is because he now knows that I am under the blanket. Therefore, he has achieved object