Theory of cognitive development

The results of the experiment were valuable in addressing the hypothesis under study. However, future investigations may need to adopt techniques that improve upon those used here. 5a. Now in figure 2. the time between steps 4 and 5 was 1 sec, that means the infants had 1 second to absorb information and answer. Now if we were to increase that time to 10 sec that would mean the infants would have a longer time to absorb information and answer which could lead to a different, more similar…

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…

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…

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…

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…

theorist. He is well known for his work on cognitive development. His work was mostly based on the observation of his three children. Piaget all about how kids make sense of the world around them and attribute meaning to objects as they are growing up. He breaks it down into stages. In this psychology class I had the privilege to study about Piaget and how his work is still relevant today. I will attemp to explore Piaget's stages of cognitive development: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete…

)Links to an external site.,” choose an age level (toddler, preschool, or elementary age) upon which to focus in this discussion. Age Level: Elementary children Elementary children are in the concrete operations stage of development. The concrete operational stage of development is when children learn to use mental operations to solve concrete or actual problems. It is a higher level of cognition activities than preoperational thinking. However, the thinking process has poor abstract…

Assignment 023: Understand Child and Young Person Development Task A1: Tables showing sequence and rate of development for children and young people from birth to 19 years Table 1: Physical Development…