Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive development

Jean Piaget, in my opinion, was one of the most influential developmental psychologist in psychology. In his early theories, Piaget used his three children to develop his ideas. Piaget divided the cognitive development of children into four different stages. He saw children as being little scientist and explorers trying to understand the world around them. Over the course of a child’s life until adulthood they go through the four stages; sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and…

model for Cognitive development. Before examining and describing my experiences from observing a class from Beverley Hills girls, a brief understanding of Jean Piaget?s theory on cognitive development must be made. Simply put, Piaget theorizes that children are prevented in learning certain concepts relative to their development stage (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016, p. 80). Piaget argues that thought processes change over time, depending on certain factors and the stage of cognitive development a…

However, the notion of stages in development is not unique to Piaget. A great deal of representations of development use stages to unify significant times in one’s life to reflect upon. The psychologists that used these models were Gesell, Freud and Erikson. Piaget differed in a sense that the notion of the stages is closely…

Motivation Growing up if Rachel wanted something she had to prove to her parents that she was responsible enough to have it. For example, before Rachel could get the iphone, her parents gave her a less expensive phone to have for a couple years. She had to show them that she was responsible. She did that by taking care of the cheaper phone…ie not losing or breaking it.Once that happened she was allowed to eventually get the iphone. Her motivation for taking care of the cheaper phone was to show…

The purpose of this analysis is the comprehension or assembly of some elements of Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories by means of naturalistic observation of a child that exposed clear demonstrations of healthy socio-cognitive development. Piaget believed that during the preoperational stage an expansion of symbolic thought occurred; and the most tangible sign of symbolic assembly in the boy or girl is language. However, the ability to perform abstract, mathematical, and logical operations is not…

that the cognitive development theory is very crucial in day to day life. Everywhere one looks there is a use of cognitive development in the child development facilities, whether it be a private facility, or a state facility cognitive development is in practice. However, before getting to far one might ask what the cognitive development is and it is “changes in problem solving, memory, language, reasoning, and other aspects of thinking” (Woolfolk, Perry, n.d, p.G-2). The cognitive development…

Cognitive development is all about the way a person thinks. According to these theorists, Jean Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, David Elkind, and Benjamin Bloom, there are many different ways of thinking. Jean Piaget believed development occurred in four different stages of thinking. He considers the stages to be universal as the individual develops throughout their environments. The first stage sensorimotor focused on birth until 2 years old is basically the motor skills along with sensory organs…

and work towards elimination of child labour. But this unit needs to be strengthened with financial and human resources and be more pro-active. According to the International Labour Organisation, child labour is harmful to the physical and mental development of children as it deprives children of their childhood, their potential and their…

Dr. Dan Gartrell Reflection Paper Dr. Dan Gartrell is a modern day child development theorist who has studied in depth behavior tendencies in children ages 0-8, and has developed behavior guidance methods which support developmentally appropriate practices. Dr. Gartrell is also the author of four books and countless articles. One of his articles caught my eye and left me filled with more knowledge and a new technique that will help me and other caregivers in the future. The article focused on…

Piaget is a cognitive psychologist, which means he focused on the mental processes and the intelligence of children. He offered referred to children as “little scientists”. He was a strong believer in the idea that children learn through the manipulation of their environment. He stressed that children create their own cognitive worlds; they are the reason they start to understand the world around them. He wanted to discover how children think about the world in different stages of development…