Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

of how humans change over time. Such individuals as Jean Piaget and Sigmund Freud have developed various cognitive stages that craft an outline for the way the mind changes throughout life. Their ideas serve as a great basis of understanding by themselves, but crossing points have been linked with other psychologists’ theories to create an entire sphere of developmental psychology. The theories of both Piaget and Freud are important to the knowledge base of the field as they also show…

two. Through this stage, there are remarkable changes that take place; learning to walk, talk, birth weight nearly quadruples and typically, height nearly doubles. Infancy is an amazing time of learning and development and a fascinating stage to witness. It is a critical part of development and what happens in this stage can set the foundation for the stages to come. It is important to have a strong understanding of this stage and the middle childhood stages in order to understand the…

performance, the others is from the experiences of how the questions asked and the understanding of the answer of researchers (Jipson, 2003), however, social contexts, politics and values etc are strongly effective by the findings of the research and theory (Frase, 2004), in order to give parents or…

children and how they learn. Piaget has four stages of cognitive development, sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and formal operational. Each stage has different outcomes and also has different ages for each stage. Piaget although a well respected theorist had some implications in his research of children. Piaget only studied his children and no others giving somewhat bias results to the tests and to the stages of cognitive development that Piaget created. Explain the process…

According to Piaget’s comprehensive cognitive theory, children are born with a basic mental structure and the ability to adapt to their surrounding because of their natural reflexes. Because of Piaget, our understanding of children has changed drastically. Schema is what he came to believe are the patterns and ways we think in a certain situation. The more a child can learn the more schema they will have to help them in the future. He was able to break up cognitive growth into stages. What helps…

Reflection on Learning Theory in Early Childhood How children learn during their early childhood is a question that has been forefront in the minds of educators, theorists, and psychologists, among others, for centuries. Despite of this, the answer to the question of how children learn is yet to receive a concrete answer. On the contrary, learning theory in early childhood is ever evolving with new theories often devised out of a critique of their precursor. One learning theory that had…

I have studied her stages of development by having her come to my house to play with my mother, sisters, her mother, her younger sister, and myself. My family has been closely affiliated with this little girl and her family since Lilly was very young, even before her little sister Maddie, who is now one and a half, was conceived. I chose to observe Lillian because of the fact that I have been able to watch her grow and can reference older milestones in her development I have previously…

Howard Gardner Howard Gardner is known for his theory on multiple intelligences, and his belief that people learn in different ways (Lane, n. d.). Gardner suggests that there are seven types of learners: visual-spatial, bodily kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, intrapersonal, linguistic, and logical-mathematical (Lane, n. d.). In 1997, Garden added an eighth intelligence, naturalist (Bennett, 2014). School systems must realize that all children do not learn in the same ways, and teachers must…

Upon my visit to the toy section at a local Walmart, I discovered some clear differences in the types of toys tailored for each gender. Overall, the toy section was about four isles with each gender occupying two plus a different section for babies. I found that the difference was mainly in gender and not race. It is usually quite easy to tell which gender the toys in the section you’ve entered are geared towards. One of the main indicators for determining this is color. It’s stereotypical…

Today I visited Toys R Us in order to evaluate the marketing, messages, and impact that the toys have on children. It was very easy to tell when you were entering either the boys or girls section of the store. The boys section of the store used much darker colors such as red, black, and dark blue while the girls section used colors such as pink, purple, and light blue. The boys section was much louder than the girls section was. You could hear laser sounds, guns going off, and Star Wars music in…