Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

INTRODUCTION Development is defined as the distinct changes which happen physically and mentally throughout the lifespan of a person. It is a continuous process. There are four major developmental theories which are put forward by Sigmund Freud, Erik Erikson, Jean Piaget, and Lawrence Kohlberg. Each of the above said developmental theories focuses on the emotion, behavior, physical changes and the mental development of a person. It is very important for everyone to know these developmental stage…

Cognitive, emotional, intellectual and social capabilities and functioning over the course of the life span from infancy through old age. This is the developmental psychology. Infancy is the period between birth till he learns the language. In few months they are able to recognise their mother by seeing her and show sensitivity to human speech. Even though infants can’t see they show behaviour related processes. If the infants are exposed to stimulus repeatedly they show decrease in response…

developing; this is known as developmental psychology. One of the lead psychologists of developmental psychology was Erik Erikson who created the theory that each stage of the human life cycle comes with its own psychosocial task or crisis that needs resolution. I interviewed four individuals in relation to four of the stages of Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development. For the adolescent stage, I interviewed Calli Sabaitis, an 18-year-old senior at High Technology High School who is facing…

Application of Theories. There are four types of parenting styles. The first style is authoritarian parenting, second is authoritative parenting, third is neglectful parenting, the third style is indulgent parenting. According to Santrock who is the author of "Adolescence", Authoritarian parenting is a restrictive, punitive style in which the parent exhorts the adolescent to follow directions and to respect work and effort (Santrock, 2016, pg. 266). Authoritative parenting encourages…

Nina Thueson Piaget’s stages of cognitive development: The sensorimotor stage, from birth to age 2 In this stage the infant learns and explores primarily through their senses and the world around them is only what they can see and make associations with. Piaget believed object constancy, which is when something only exists when can be seen, belongs in this stage. The preoperational stage, from age 2 to about age 7 This is the stage were kids struggle to see other people's point of…

“Cognitive is the act or process of knowing” (Dolgin, 2010, p. 38) and cognitive development occurs when we develop our thinking and reasoning skills. Jean Piaget wanted to learn more about “how children reached conclusions” and, in the process, created his four stages of cognitive development: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. The students I observed, aged eleven and twelve, fall into the end of the concrete operational stage and the beginning of the…

graduation from high school, he studied natural sciences, and he received his doctorate. After that, Piaget focused on the mental and cognitive development of the child, so he find a theory of mental development and cognitive. Piaget confirmed that there is a correlation between the new phase and the previous stage in the child's behavior, so he believed that cognitive development focuses on the biological and behavioral aspects. As a result, he changed his specialty to Psychology. After…

working memory would also find it difficult to pay attention, reading comprehensions and remember instructions. Influence of Bilingual Experiences on Working Memory According to Baker, it is known that the effects of bilingualism on the cognitive development used to be a…

individual situations. Piaget believes that the development of mental images plays a vital function in enabling children to look forward to repeating events, and also to plan actions in advance. The second sub-stage of the pre-operational stage is the stage of intuitive thinking or intuitive thought. The judgment of the child at this stage is subjective and instinctive, but it…

Cognitive developmental theories provide a framework for understanding about how children act and perceive the world. However, every theory has both strengths and weaknesses. A certain theory may explain one aspect of cognitive development very well, but poorly address or completely ignore other aspects that are just as important. Two well known theories of cognitive development are Piaget’s stage theory and Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory. As I plan to be a pediatric nurse, these two theories…