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Introduction Cognitive is mental processes that allow one to perceive, make decisions, give attention and remember things then store it for their long term memory, it allows human to reacts to environment accordingly, Cognitive development on the other hand, is the changes that are happening throughout one’s lifespan (White, Hayes and Livesey, 2005). It has been a debate on when cognitive development begins, however recent study shows that it begins since inside the womb (Goswami, 2008). To this, Piaget’s has his own opinions on cognitive development which is, as the human matures biologically and gains more experience via environment, the mental processes reorganize in order to accommodate the new information obtained (McLeod, 2015). He divides …show more content…

Piaget view is, humans are born with their own intellectual capabilities and the development that happens afterwards is just the continuation (Simatwa, 2010). There are three basic components to Piaget’s cognitive development view which are, schemas which is a term used to describe the process of gaining knowledge, it also known as a process whereby human reacts to stimuli using the schemas that they have already obtained (McLeod, 2015). Whereas, adaptation is a form which enables the process of transition from one stage to another, it consists of two other processes which are assimilation and accommodation (Simatwa, 2010). Lastly the four different development stages (White, et al., …show more content…

Sensorimotor is the first stage of the development which happens between birth until 2 years old, at this stage the infants will think using their four senses which are their eyes, mouth, ears and hands (Laura, 2007). At this stage, children have yet to develop their language abilities, therefore they can only feel what they experience but are not capable to categorize it, and the reaction given is completely depending on the situation (Simatwa, 2010). Second stage of the development known as preoperational stage, children from 2 to 6 years old will fall under this stage; they learn to mentally represent experience and language begins to develop at this stage (Simatwa, 2010). Concrete operational that begins from the age 7 to 12 years old is the third stage. Here, children can already manipulate and understand solid things logically however, lacking in understanding abstract objects (White, et al., 2005). Last stage is for children 12 years and above known as Formal Operational stage, at this age one can understand logically, share ideas and communicate with others (Simatwa,

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In Piaget’s cognitive stage, children from birth to the age of two go through this stage. In this stage, infants are developing the ability to coordinate their sensory input with there motor skills. An example would be, when kids are playing with toys and put the toys in their month and feel with their mouth. Infants also develop object Permanence. The object Permanence is when a child recognizes that objects continue to exist even when they are no longer visible.

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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development states four stages of cognitive development. During the first Sensorimotor Stage which Piaget

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Piaget’s theory of cognitive development Piaget asserts, children are born with inherited scripts, called schema, these schema are building blocks for cognitive development. As a child grows, he acquires more of these building blocks; moreover, these building blocks become more complex as the child progresses through different stages in development (Huitt, Hummel 2003). Piaget’s 4 stages of cognitive development are as follows. First, The sensorimotor stage where an infant has rudimentary motor skills, and can eventually

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b) “What is Child Psychology, The Open University (2014)” shows us some of the key theories in child psychology. ‘Piaget (1929, p.29), suggests that’ “learning is biologically driven”. Piaget’s theory connects with my own interests of observing child development because his theory shows that children develop through distinct milestones and these milestones occur in set orders throughout childhood which contribute to the child’s physical and mental development. I am interested to learn about the stages that occur during childhood and the complications that can occur in child development if milestones are not met. Piaget’s theory of cognitive development connects with the nature versus nurture debate.

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Question One (4 marks) Identify which of Piaget’s stages of cognitive development Mollie and her friends are in. Describe some key characteristics of children in this stage of cognitive development. Describe two examples from the chapter that illustrate characteristics of this stage of cognitive development. “Developmental psychology studies the way human develop and change over time.”

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The first stage being Sensorimotor, when a baby is first born he or she is developing both physically and cognitively. In months

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They also start to understand that their thoughts and opinions could differ from everyone else’s. An important development in this stage is the ability to grasp the idea of constancy. They can now understand “ that the amount of liquid in a short, wide cup is equal to that in a tall, skinny glass, for example”(Cherry). Once children fully develop their concrete operational skills, they move on to stage 4: formal operational stage. Children in this stage are generally ages 11+.

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At the core of Piaget’s theory, it is said that Cognitive development occurs in four stages in the same order. Each stage has

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Piaget developed a stage theory of intellectual development that included four distinct stages: the sensorimotor stage, from birth to age 2; the preoperational stage, from age 2 to about age 7; the concrete operational stage, from age 7 to 11; and the formal operational stage, which begins in adolescence and spans into adulthood. He believed that there were four necessary ingredients for cognitive development which included: “maturation of the nervous system, experiences gained through interaction with physical world, social environment, and child’s active participation in adapting to environment & constructing knowledge from experience.” (Sullivan, 2014, Slide 3) The sensorimotor stage occurs between birth and age 2. Infants and toddlers acquire knowledge through sensory experiences and handling objects.

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An infant in this stage is fascinated by the many things they can do to an object and they experiment with new behavior (Santrock, 2011). The final sensorimotor stage is internalization of schemes which develops in infants of 18 to 24 months of age (Santrock, 2011). In this stage, the infant can form mental representations and therefore can easily pick on certain new behaviors from the people around the infant (Santrock,

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Brief History Jean Piaget was a Twentieth century Swiss psychologist and was the first psychologist to systematically study the cognitive development of children. Thomas (2005) wrote that early in Piaget’s career he worked with children and his observations and interactions with the students led him to the theory that a young person's cognitive processes are inherently different from those of adults (pp. 188-9). According to Ahmad, et al. (2005) , Piaget showed that when compared to adults, young children think in differently and he then came to the conclusion that cognitive development was an ongoing process which occurred due to maturation and interaction with the environment (p. 72).

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Piaget developed the theory of cognitive development to examine how children develop their thinking and reasoning when facing problems with the world around them at different ages. This essay critically analyses Piaget’s cognitive development theory. The aim of discussion is to investigate how Piaget’s theory is applied to young children in primary school learning areas and to discuss the strengths and implications of the theory that have an effect on developing an educational pedagogy. Firstly, the key processes of Piaget’s theory are explained and the connections it has with the development and learning of children. The discussion continues with how the concepts advise your developing educational pedagogy.

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and it begins with the sensorimotor stage, a child from birth to the age of 2 years old learns and thinks by doing and figuring out how something works. The second stage is the preoperational stage and in this stage children from ages 2 through 7 years are developing their language and they do pretend play (Berk, 2005, p.20). Concrete operational is the third stage and children ages 7 to 11 years old lack abstract but have more logic than they did when they were younger. The last stage is formal

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The second stage is between age of 2 to 6 years old, children form ideas with words and images, which is tend to be over generalizing. Developmental phenomena of this stage include pretending play, egocentrism and language development. And then the third stage from 7 to 11 years old, children think logically about concrete events and understand similar events. In this period, abilities of conversation and mathematical transformation get to be developed. Last stage, 12

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Based on Piaget’s cognitive theory, he suggested one will go through adaptation process and this applies to all four stages of his cognitive development stage. In the adaptation process, there are 5 stages which are assimilation, equilibrium,

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