Physical objects

during this stage will begin to identify and use visuals from their environment to make sense of things. In the Preoperational Stage, children are showing and demonstrating how they understand information—whether through interactions with or through objects in any given environment. In addition, the Preoperational Stage includes Symbolic Function and Intuitive Thought. Also, it is during this stage that Piaget argues language…

that certain physical aspects of object (e.g. size, length, density) remain the same even when other aspects of the object’s appearance have changed. Moreover, their thinking becomes more flexible in terms of understanding multiple layers of the same problem. Logic and objectivity also increase so that they are able to classify or group things in a logical way. (Cole, Cole, & Lightfoot, 1989) Conservation – a term that Piaget used for the understanding that some properties of the object…

but the children in this state are hampered by egocentrism—an ability to see the world from others’ point of view. Young children can mentally represent and refer to objects and events with words or pictures and they can pretend. However they can’t conserve, logically reason, or simultaneously consider many characteristics of an object. On the other hand, a 9-year-old student is in Concrete operational stage, which is from 7 to 11 years old. During this time, children gain a better understanding…

Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory is a standard theory in the field of psychology used to describe how people grow and change with regards to personal reasoning skills. According to the text, Piaget’s cognitive development theory is the “principle that from infancy to adolescence, children progress through four qualitatively different stages of intellectual growth” (Belsky, 2012, p. 22) The four stages (occurring during childhood) developed by Piaget are: Sensorimotor, Preoperations,…

Ideally, an educator seeks the best teaching method for his or her students; however, the debate remains, what theory is universal for teachers to use? The solution is not singular, for several theories offer exceptional suggestions on how to apply certain material that best suits the development of students. Such suggestions may come from the theories of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky. Despite their differing views in cognitive development, both have contributed to the improvement of teaching…

This stage takes place between the age range of two to seven years. Children now have a better ability to hold and recall the image of objects and events due to an increasing use of symbolization. Images allow children to represent objects and relationships in the world around them. Children begin to engage in what is known as “pretend” play during this time. For example, a child might see a playground and refer to it as their castle…

also discovered two substages in this stage of development. The first substage is symbolic function, which takes place from ages 2-4. During symbolic function, children are able to formulate designs of objects that are not present. Children also believe in animism, the belief that inanimate objects are capable of actions, and have lifelike qualities. The second substage is intuitive thought, which takes place from ages 4-7. During this stage, children become very curious and ask many questions…

For my project, I picked Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory. He was a Swiss Scientist and he did a study on the thinking process of children, which was popularly known as clinical method. His study was based on the schemas. According to Piaget, in order to constantly adapt to our environment, human mind organise its way to understand the situation and current changes (Theories of development, 43). Moreover, schema is a cognitive framework that place a concept into categories and…

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…

transformable. These researchers believed that through reward of good behavior and discouragement of unacceptable behavior a child’s environment would shape the learning abilities. From the 50s to the 70s, research was performed in order to understand the physical interworking of the human brain; however, this was limited by technology of the era to the post-mortem study of animal and human brains. Throughout history experts…