Development

on the experiments than him. I assume if Gaby was Collin’s age she would have less knowledge on the experiments due to complex of understanding of the world. The first experiment was a conservation of number task to test the children’s cognitive development using Piaget’s theory. To start off this experiment, I traced ten dimes on red construction paper and ten on blue construction paper. I cut them out and placed the red on top and the blue on the bottom. Gaby said there was the same number of…

Jean Piaget Jean Piaget is a Swiss psychologist whose studies on child development still influence psychology and education today. He designed models about the stages of early child development that are still in use now. Jean Piaget was born on August 9th, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. (Jean) His parents were very influential in his life and greatly impacted who he grew up to be. His mother was not the best influence for Piaget since he described her behavior as neurotic and easily…

a client has this personal goal because of the developmental stage they are currently in). I believe I have accomplished this as I am able to apply and/or identify the stages of development according to Erikson that patrons at my placement are in regardless of their “abilities” which may make it much more challenging to determine such. For instance, I understand that while client A. may fit the age bracket for the “young adulthood”…

Human goes through various stages of development in two aspects which is biological and psychological throughout their lifespan. Early childhood development is a critical stage in the life of human being as it is the foundation of future well-being and learning processes. Sigmund Freud, a famous physician from Australia, proposed the theory of psycho-sexual stages of personality development in early childhood. The theory is known as psycho-sexual because it refers to fixation of each stage which…

mostly English, but we also speak Yoruba, our native language. My mother’s English is not that great so we mainly speak our native language when she’s around. I will be introducing the third and fourth state in the Piaget’s stages of Intellectual Development. The Concreate operational stage which extends from ages 7 – 11 and the Formal Operational which extends from ages 11 and beyond (Cobb, 2007). Piaget’s concrete operational…

things that he made was to create the fact that the cognitive processes of kids are not only undeveloped versions of that of an adult, but that they have their own system. Piaget derive that there are four different stages in the child cognitive development of children. These four stages are: 1-Sensory Motor Stage that occurs in kids from births to two years old. 2-Preoperational that occurs in kids from two to seven years old. 3- Concrete Operational that occurs in kids from seven to eleven…

theorist. He is well known for his work on cognitive development. His work was mostly based on the observation of his three children. Piaget all about how kids make sense of the world around them and attribute meaning to objects as they are growing up. He breaks it down into stages. In this psychology class I had the privilege to study about Piaget and how his work is still relevant today. I will attemp to explore Piaget's stages of cognitive development: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete…

Assignment Two: Young Adult Development Introduction What would you do if you found yourself at the losing end of a business deal? If everything you worked so hard for unraveled right before your very eyes. Would you pack up everything you knew and move thousands of miles away or would you press forward? Guy Pehrrson did not have to imagine this scenario because at the young age of eighteen he watched as his precious crop of flax came crashing down. The decision was made, Pehrrson would…

hormones in puberty. Purity happens when hormones get released. Hormones are chemical messengers to activate puberty. 2. What is the basis of moral decisions for teens in Kohlberg’s conventional stage of development? The basis of moral decisions for teens in Kohlberg’s conventional stage of development is that decisions are based on society's expectations. That if a teen is expected to do something by their peers, then they will do it. Even if it is morally wrong. This is known as pure…

COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT The first prominent area of development in my life is cognitive development. According to Jean Piaget, adaptation or adjustment to the environment include two basic processes, which are assimilation and accommodation. Assimilation is the act of using one’s existing schemes to make meaning or to interpret events in the world—an attempt to comprehend new information by fitting it into pre-existing information or knowledge. Sometimes, distorting new information is necessary…