Piaget's Stage Theory of Cognitive Development

Fisher-Price Jumperoo Rainforest is one of the toys from group A, the targeted age range of this toy is birth to 12 months. According to Piaget’s Four Stages of Cognitive Development, it should be in sensorimotor stage. At this stage the infant is only a purely natural creature, they have no real knowledge about the world, past or future. Infants can only touch and watch, they cannot be logical reasoning. At the end of this stage, there are two cognitive accomplishments infants should have mastered: Object Permanence and Goal directed behavior. First cognitive accomplishment is object permanence, it means infant will know someone or something is still existing even if they cannot see or touch. For example, you hide a toy in front of an infant,

Sub-stage 5-twelve to eighteen months, this stage is characterized by a child’s ability to conceptualize the idea that an object that cannot be seen still exists. The sixth and final sub-stage of the Sensorimotor Period is eighteen to twenty-four months, this stage is characterized by a child’s ability to understand through reasoning and express themselves creatively (Lefmann & Combs-Orme, 2013). Stage 2-Pre-operational Thought (i.e., 2 - 7 years old); the Pre-operational Thought period is defined by a child's ability to create their own form of communication. Sub-stages of the Pre-operational Thought are characterized by a child’s ability to identify characteristics of photographs and their use of an intuitive thought process (Powell & Kalina, 2009). Concrete Operations (i.e., 7 – 12 years old); the Concrete Operational period is defined by a child's ability to reason logically. Formal Operations (i.e., 12 years old - Adulthood); the Formal Operational period is defined by a child's ability to use critical thinking and analytical reasoning to approach new challenges. Children initially enter into action-based (sensorimotor) and progress into a mental (operational) level as they grow older (Powell & Kalina, 2009). A comparison of the theories of Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson is important to gain a holistic point of view of a child’s developmental progress.

Adolescence is the transition between childhood and adulthood (Berk, 2014, p. 361). During adolescence, children and teenagers begin to form their identity, establishing who they are based on their values and goals (Berk, 2014, p. 361). Adolescence typically begins with puberty and is followed by changes in motor and cognitive development (Berk, 2014, p. 362). During adolescence, teenagers often experience Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development, Erikson’s Theory of Development, and Kohlberg’s 3 Levels of Moral Development. These theories and ideas have helped form the basis of normal adolescent development. Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development describes how the use of more advanced and abstract thinking occurs in a sequence for all children,

A stage in psychology is a step that contributes to development. It is a synonym for behaviour (Brainerd, C. .J. 1978). Jean Piaget theorised that there are four stages in a child 's development. Sensorimotor, which occurs in children age zero to two, pre-operational in ages two to seven, concrete operational in ages seven to twelve and formal operational from the age of twelve onwards. The sensorimotor stage is the process

While interviewing the subject and thinking back over what I already know about Piaget's stages of cognitive development. Apparently the subject demonstrated many characteristics from the preoperational stage of Piaget development. Not just by his age but mainly how he responded to certain questions.Each question that I asked he thought about it first then gave me an answer based on how he processed the information. Although the type of question changed he still kept the same mindset in the way he

I. Stage Description Piaget theory of cognitive development states that children’s initial ideas or behaviors that are influenced by prior experiences and interactions develop through four types of stages. One stage that Piaget addresses is called the Preoperational stage. This stage effects children who are between two and seven years old. During this stage, children begin to participate in behaviors that revolve around how to operate symbols.

This week we got assigned to read Piaget’s cognitive-stage theory which was self-explanatory in my perspective because it gives us a brief description on how our brain develops and our way of looking at the world. For instance, the way I think now is not the way I used to think before. We are actively learning new things as we are exposed to different experiences. However, I believe our mentally view the world different because like Piaget mentions in his concrete operation period, our thinking becomes more concrete and less abstract. We begin seeing how thinks are and don’t question but adapt to the things given to us.

The sensorimotor stage happens from birth to when the kid is about two years old. This stage is when the kids act based on their senses and motor actions. Kids use the abilities they were born with to learn about their environment. The preoperational stage is between the ages 2-7. This stage is when the kids only see the world in their point of view. Kids in this stage miss information because they concentrate only on one thing and struggle with logic. The concrete operational stage happens between the years of 7-11. In this stage the kids’ logic has increased but it is very rigid. They start to perform tasks by manipulating concepts in their minds. The final stage is formal operations. This stage happens between the ages of 12 and up. In this stage teenagers and adults start to the rational mind, reasoning and they explore different

Jean Piaget was born on August 8th, 1896 in Switzerland. He was a very bright student, who had his PhD by the age of twenty-two. Piaget studied child psychology and concrete operations which lead to his theory of the four stages of cognitive development. These stages are still used now in preschool and elementary grade set-ups.

In the concrete operational stage between the ages of seven and twelve, children become capable of logical thought, they also start to be able to think abstractly. However they are best suited to visible or concrete objects and things they can see (Lee and Gupta). Once the child has reached the formal operations stage from twelve years onwards it becomes more practiced at abstract processing, carrying out problem solving systematically and methodically thus completing the cognitive development process.

The Cognitive Development theory refers to the ability to learn through thinking and reasoning. Theorist Jean Piaget developed the stages of cognitive development according to age and how individuals learn through their environment and senses. Based on Education.com: Stages of Cognitive Development (Driscoll/Nagel ,2008), these stages are from infant to teenage years with specific abilities. The first stage of Piaget’s stages of development is called Sensorimotor, which starts at birth to two years of age. It describes how babies learn through their senses. The next stages is known as Pre-operational which are ages two through seven. During this stage, a child uses his or her own logic to express thinking. From the seven to eleven years of age, a child is in the Concrete Operational stage. He or she will use hands-on experience to increase knowledge. The final stage is Formal Operational. Between the ages of eleven and fifteen, an adolescent develops a more abstract form of knowledge. One of the main differences between these stages is object permanence. Piaget designed these stages in a rigid format. This theory does not allow individual experience and background to be considered. In conclusion, a weakness of this theory is that is doesn’t mention how culture impacts learning. A strength of this theory is that it acts as a guide for educators to provide variation while lesson planning.

Adolescence is a time of several changes. During adolescence people learn to become more autonomous. They become less reliant on their parents and more on themselves. One way they become more autonomous is cognitively. Many psychologists who study moral development use Piaget’s theory on cognitive development. These studies emphasize the change in reasoning that is used in making moral decisions. Psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg did a lot of research on the development of moral reasoning and expanded Piaget’s theory (Steinberg, 2008). He believed that moral development occurs in three levels and within those levels there are two distinct stages.

Through my work experiences I was seemed to work with children at the concrete and formal operational stages. Which my ideology towards other realms of cognitive development were lacking the full scope. As I started to understand that there was more to Jean Piaget cognitive development theory of stages. Chapter nine took a deeper look into formal operational stages. What really caption my attention was the aspects of the stage that detailed the reasoning behind the purpose of his or her thinking patterns start to differ.

Jean Piaget’s (1896-1980) theory of cognitive development is considered of significant importance and use, so much so, there has been considerable research to test his theories, but also, to refute his claims. Despite numerous objections to Piaget’s findings, I will maintain that Piaget’s stage theory of cognitive development is continuously influential in contemporary psychology. I will briefly outline and explain Piaget’s four stages and due to the number of evaluations, I will provide some of the substantial critics of Piaget’s and consider whether they were successful in their disputes.

Overview: Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, believed that children between the ages of seven and twelve, i.e. the concrete operational stage, begin to understand the concepts of reversibility, which is one of the important processes for logical thinking of conservation, besides classification and seriation. Reversibility is the ability to think about steps on any certain action and being able to mentally reverse the steps to return to the starting point (Woolfolk & Margetts, 2016). Children recognise that numbers, objects or events can be reversed, i.e, changed and returned to original condition. Inductive reasoning is incorporated by solving problems involving concrete objects and materials in the early stages of concrete operational level and build on towards deductive reasoning in the later stage. Reversibility is involved at all developmental stages of Piagetian theory. Reversibility plays an significant role in developing knowledge connected to the curriculum areas like Mathematics and Science. For example, investigating the connection between addition and multiplication; subtraction and division; fractions, decimals and percentages, and demonstrating it using concrete materials provides students with a significant opportunity to put the concept of reversibility in action. At the concrete operational stage, the child is able to think through a series of steps and mentally reverse the steps to return to the