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Jean Piaget’s study of the development of reasoning gives us the best insights into how we develop the self. This is best understood by assessing the insights of Cartesian dualism. ‘Cogito ergo sum’ is Latin for ‘I think, therefore I am’. In contrast, subjective interactionists claim that the “I” is the subjective self, whereas the “me” is objective. The older I get, the better I am at reasoning with my surroundings; even if I consider my body to be part of my environment. I adapt to my body…

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development is constructed of 4 different stages of development in children. It begins with the sensorimotor stage, and then continues throughout age with preoperational, concrete operational, and lastly formal operational. Each stage of Piaget’s theory has an achievement that is accomplished throughout the time frame, as well as several major limitations for each stage. Piaget’s process begins at birth and continue throughout life, beginning and ending at…

In modern psychology, many different viewpoints are used in order to study the mind. Among these views is the cultural-historical view, which uses cultural and social interactions to explain cognitive development. This view, founded by Lev Vygotsky, provided a revolutionary new perspective on learning and cognitive development which is still used today in order to teach children. The unique circumstances which Lev Vygotsky faced in his allowed allowed him to produce many new and effective…

Jean Piaget’s (1896-1980) theory of cognitive development began in the 1920’s. His partner, Theodore Simon, designed a standardized test that was meant to measure a child’s intelligence and how his/her age could be responsible for the nature of the mistakes made. Piaget found this test to be too constricting however, and so created a revised version. With this less rigid version, Piaget studied a child’s intelligence and their reasoning for the errors they made. He found that, if they did not…

At three-years-old Mateo was fearful of Santa Claus, worried that his shadow was following him, and though that all adults knew his name. In addition, he knew his ABCs and how to count to ten. By the time he was eight-years-old, his view on Santa had completely reversed, he was no longer worried that his shadow was following him instead he made shadow puppets with his hands, and he could debate with his friends without getting upset. Additionally, he could read simple text and do simple math.…

Jean Piagett created the Piaget’s Development Theory. This theory was created in order to try and explain how biology and experience sculpt cognitive development. He decided to divide the theory into four different stages. In chronological order the stages are sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concreate operational stage, and formal operational stage. During each stage the child is able to master some type of task. The first stage in this theory is the sensorimotor stage. This lasts…

The theories about cognitive development that were created and presented by Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky have long been regarded as great sources of information on how cognitive development occurs. It is through these theories that people’s understanding of how children develop, cognitively, in those formative years has been shaped. Each theory has its own unique take on what contributes, influences, and constructs cognitive development. Both theories offer an important insight, and should be…

Moral development, based on Kohlberg’s theory, states that children undergo levels and stages of morals through the years of growing up; mainly in childhood. The theory says that they’re three levels — pre-conventional, conventional, and postconventional morality. Within those three levels, they’re two stages in each level: thus, having six stages in total. The stages themselves describe a child's behavior and their thinking. But, not every child goes through the same levels and stages at the…

Theory Paper Jean Piaget, a psychologist from Switzerland is known for his work in child development. Piaget’s theory was that children from different ages have different cognitive understandings. He realized through research that children’s learning is effected by the environment they live in and the adults in their lives. Piaget’s theory justifies the idea that children are learning everyday from what is being seen but most importantly what is being said. Jean Piaget research on children’s…

This essay will compare and contrast two theorist; Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky from the field of developmental psychology focusing on the area of cognitive development. Cognitive development simply means the change in intellectual/mental abilities such as thinking, reasoning and understanding (California Department of Education, 2015). Jean Piaget based his theory of cognitive development on observations of children from infancy to adolescents of which he did on his three children. According…