Piaget Cognitive Theory

Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development proposes that the developmental process of a child is the result of their brains maturity, their nervous system, and environmental factors. He believes the foundation of a child's ability to learn is through discovery learning (Gordon & Browne, 2016). Piaget suggests that a child’s logic of thinking is different from that of an adults. Children’s cognitive performance is directly related to the stage of development that they are in currently. Additionally, these stages are divided into sub-stages to provide greater insight into a child’s cognitive growth process. The initial stages of development is considered a difficult point to try to determine a child’s developmental

The study of Cognitive theories has many different aspects that have been debated many years ago. Developmental psychologists try to explain cognitive development approaches which describe the process of human 's thought. One of the developmental psychologist who studied on the area of cognitive was Jean Piaget. Jean Piaget a Swiss psychologist was the first developmental researcher who has extensive research on cognitive development. In addition, the revolution of Jean Piaget’s cognitive theory has changed the development psychology forever. In fact, although this theory is one of the most influential theories that have had a major impact on child’s cognitive development, many developmental psychologist has been criticized it as well(Miller,2007). Therefore, the limitations of this theory made the developmental psychologists thinking of information processing theory might complete Piaget’s Theory(Miller,2007). Information processing theory is another theory that was engaged in the era of cognitive development. It is possible to better understand Piaget theory and Information Processing theory by comparing several important aspects of developmental psychology: nature of humans, quantitative or qualitative, and nature or nurture.

Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory states that children go through four stages of cognitive development as they actively construct their understanding of the world. Stage one of this theory, or the sensorimotor stage, infants of the age newborn through two years construct an understanding of the world by sensory skills (hearing and seeing) with physical actions. This for example could be a simple game of peak-a-boo. Skye, the infant in the video clip, giggles at his mother playing the game. According to Piaget’s theory, young infants do not know what happens when object go out of sight. During the first year, infants learn that objects have life of their own, even when not visible. This is known as object permanence. Mya knew to look

Throughout history, many brilliant minds have made impactful contributions in Psychology which have shaped our understandings of the human mind and our behaviors. Jean Piaget was by no means an exception. Piaget was a clinical psychologist known for his pioneering work in child development. He was the first psychologist to make a systematic study of cognitive development. Over the course of his later career in child psychology, he identified four stages of mental development that took into account young people 's development from basic object identification to highly abstract thought. This paper will focus on Piaget’s life history and personality, as well as his theory on the cognitive developmental stages, its purpose, and its applications during his lifetime and now.

It is never too early to begin teaching orientation and mobility skills to an infant. Without early intervention, a child may lack the awareness and therefore initiative to move their bodies and explore their environment independently. Early intervention of orientation and mobility skills is the catalyst to encourage sensory and motor development, self-concept, as well as cognitive, social and language development. A future life of independence is dependent on these critical developmental skills.

Physical changes occur immediately after the birth of an infant, and happen over his or her lifespan, particularly from infancy to childhood. He or she first learns to roll over (typically by 3 months), then to sit (usually by 6 months), then to stand holding on (usually 6.5 months), then to creep and then to walk (usually by 12 months), and then to walk up steps (usually by 17 months). By one estimate, from 3 months to 15 months, new neural connections of an infant are formed in the infant’s brain, and old ones removed, at an astonishing rate of 100,000 per second (Rakic, 1995). However, changes in human occur not only during infancy, but also through their whole life, from infancy through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle age

The first discussion against Piaget’s cognitive developmental stage is that it underestimates children’s intellectual abilities. This is because he described tasks which are confusing to the children and also used abstract terms that are overly difficult for the children because he underestimated the children’s capabilities. Piaget’s theory predicts that all preschoolers should be able to perform at the preoperational level in all cognitive tasks because he predicts that thinking within a particular stage should be similar across all tasks. This means that Piaget’s efforts to teach children developmentally advanced concepts will be unsuccessful because in some circumstances children often learn more advanced concepts with brief

Piaget’s reception of numerous inquiries regarding accelerated cognitive development from American interviewers can be attributed to the values of American culture. This culture has progressively developed a social hierarchy that idolizes the American Dream, an abstraction that distributes reward equally on the measure of an individual’s capacity for achievement as well as any ensuing accomplishments. Consequently, this idea emboldens parents to seek new ways to improve their children’s prospects at a more successful life. One rumination of improving the aforementioned traits for a fulfilling life is by accelerating the child’s cognitive development from a young age. With an early realization of cognitive development, the child may possess

Cognitive development is the process of development and change in terms of mental abilities such as, thinking, reasoning, and understanding. However, there are three theories in which, all attempt to explain the development of cognition in childhood. Jean Piaget, whom was a swiss clinical psychologists known for his, pioneering work in child development believed that in his theory children experience four different inclusive phases of cognitive development. The four stages are the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and the formal operational stage. In these four stages, of cognitive development children might show different personalities of more than one

Jean Piaget was a cognitive theorist who was born in Switzerland in the late 1800’s. He began his life with a concentration in the natural sciences, particularly the subject of mollusks, and later developed an interest in cognitive theory (“Jean Piaget Biography,” n.d.). His subsequent research and findings greatly influenced the field of developmental psychology, particularly childhood cognitive development theory. According to Saul McLeod, an instructor at the University of Manchester, prior to Piaget’s work “the common assumption in psychology was that children are merely less competent thinkers than adults. Piaget showed that young children think in strikingly different ways compared to adults” (McLeod, 2009). Instead, Piaget suggested

Several years ago, an insightful and profound man, Jean Piaget, established a theory of cognitive growth during childhood. This theory was viewed as a major model for understanding the intricate steps of mental development from the thinking to understanding for a child. This theory also gave rise to the mentality that cognitive processes during childhood are not minuscule versions of adults but rather an irrational yet unique process with its own rules. Even though Piaget’s theory seems quite reasonable and logical, under the light of recent speculation his theory has been widely challenged. However, Piaget’s theory holds great impact in today’s psychology.

For this paper I will be exploring Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Swiss Psychologist Jean Piaget, theorized that children progress through four key stages of cognitive development that change their understanding of the world. By observing his own children, Piaget came up with four different stages of intellectual development that included: the sensorimotor stage, which starts from birth to age two; the preoperational stage, starts from age two to about age seven; the concrete operational stage, starts from age seven to eleven; and final stage, the formal operational stage, which begins in adolescence and continues into adulthood. In this paper I will only be focusing on the

The term cognitive development refers to the process of developing intelligence and higher level thinking that allows a person to acquire problem-solving skills from the age of infancy through adulthood. A Swiss philosopher by the name of Jean Piaget took an interest in in developmental psychology; specifically in children during infancy through pre-adolescence. This model developed by Piaget still has a modern-day relevancy.

Jean Piaget proposed his theory of cognitive development in his book ‘The Origins of Intelligence in Children’ (1952). In this theory, he divided cognitive development into a series of stages and periods based on the fundamental assumption that children are mentally active from the moment of birth, a controversial concept at the time since it was previously believed that until a child could communicate that they were not mentally active. His theory can be described as constructivist, meaning that children construct knowledge themselves in response to their experiences. He based his theory primarily on interactions with his own children and additional interviews with other children yet has stood the test of time, remaining the most well known cognitive developmental theory, encompassing a diverse range of topics within children’s development from the first days of infancy through to adolescence.

Another group of theorists have explained cognitive development in terms of changes in children’s ability to process information (Duchesne, 2012 pg. 94). Kindergarten, according to Jean Piaget, is the time children would fit into the Preoperational stage of development. This is the stage in which a child is not yet able to operate or carry out logical physical actions mentally but is reliant on manipulating real materials. Piaget emphasized the limitations of children’s thinking during this stage (Duchesne, 2012 pg. 60). With this information we can recognize that at this age, children’s information processing is not yet at it’s strongest.