Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

According to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, the infant that was observed would fall into the second stage, preoperational stage. Piaget’s preoperational stage is where the infant develops his/her thoughts focusing on mental exploration of the world (Anderson, 2015a). Infants are mentally manipulating information obtained and do not yet understand the concrete logic of their surroundings (). Within the preoperational stage (2-7 years of age), infants develop centration, egocentric…

The Sensorimotor Stages of Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development has six sub-stages. The most intriguing characteristics of a child’s behavior happen during the first two years of their life. Jean Piaget said “During the earliest stages the child perceives things like a solipsist who is unaware of himself as subject and is familiar only with his own actions.” Infants live in the present and are not mentally developed enough yet to thinking of the future or look back on the past. Object only…

Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist opened the world to the idea of children going through “four universal stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operations”(Feldman 2011,pg.168). The backbone to his theory comes from a basic calculation that, “action= knowledge”(Feldman 2011,pg.168). With this equation Piaget is suggesting that for children to learn and grow they must be provided with the right tools. Just like the virtual child on the MyLab program, it is…

Systemic cognitive development and family dysfunction There are many theories’ that address human development. Piaget’s cognitive theory was “expanded and modified by Allen Ivey” (Nugent & Jones, pg. 80). Piaget’s theory relates “mostly to childhood and adolescence, Ivey added another stage that addresses dialectic/systematic stage” (Nugent & Jones, pg. 81). Ivey called his “model DCT or developmental counseling and therapy” (Nugent & Jones, pg. 82). Sandra Rigazio-DiGilio expanded upon…

Piaget began as an evolutionary biologist—he thus believed that organisms adapt to survive (Bee, 1997). Just like these organisms, children too need to adapt to their environment to ensure their survival (Bee, 1997; Carlson & Buskist, 1997). In order for a new born child to understand the world they live in they need to develop schemas (Bee, 1997; Carlson & Buskist, 1997). Schemas are units of knowledge, each pertaining to a different aspect of the world. Furthermore, schema can be classified as…

. The year 2007 is the year that I turned seven years old, and during this part of my life, I was a part of two stages of development in both Piaget’s and Erikson’s which are Concrete Operational and Industry Vs. Inferiority. The Concrete Operational stage is Piaget Third stage of Cognitive Development and it begins from seven to twelve years old. “(kids) can perform concrete operations and can reason logically as applied to specific or concrete examples” (Mendez, 2018, Chapter 7.1)…

of the mind were Piaget and Vygotsky. Piaget’s theory allows teachers to identify the characteristic ways in which students learn based on their age group and grade level, and Vygotsky’s theory gives teachers the ability to instruct students based on where they are developmentally by the concepts of the Zone of Proximal Development and scaffolding; these concepts can, also, be reflected in teaching in a variety of ways. Understanding Piaget’s theory is vital to understanding the mental…

21. Identify and describe Piaget's four stages of cognitive development. Be sure to explain the specific cognitive characteristics of each stage. Sensorimotor is the first stage where infants are only focused on the environment around them. They focus mainly on the things they see, things that are being done and the phsyical interactions. Infants are constantly experimenting things by shaking, throwing, putting things in their mouths. Preoperational is the second stage where young children use…

During the observation, it was obvious that the youth being observed was within early childhood. The cognitive processes of this youth were clear in hearing the ways in which he played and reasoned with other youth specifically the female who was playing with him on what appeared to be an indoor playground. The youth being observed displayed a positive level of cognitive development as he gave instructions and asked questions. Though the youth’s interactions with other youth it was also observed…

Jean Piaget utilized the sensorimotor as the prime stages to justify the infant cognitive development. Within this stage, the child’s curiosity is put to use to discover the existing relationship between his physical body and the environment. According to Piaget concrete operational stage, children age 7 – 11 or 12 are eager to learn about their environment, they are more active and pretending. It has been found that children at those ages demonstrate strongest motor facility and play on more…