Cognitive Stages of Development by Piaget

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Berlin V. Amploquio

BSE4 SPED

November 17, 2008


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Cognitive Developmentrefers to the changes

that occur in an

individuals cognitivestructures , abilities, and

processes.


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characterized by:

-Childrens movements are limited by

the use of senses and motor

movements.

Sensorimotor stage

(birth 2 years old)


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Reflex Activities(birth 1 month)

Primary Circular

Reactions(1-4 months)

2

Secondary

CircularReactions

(5 8 months)

3

Coordination of

Learnedschemas (8 12

months)

4

Tertiary CircularReactions

(12- 18 months)

5

Inventions of

new ways of

dealing with the

(18-24months)

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Reflex Activities

(birth 1 month)

Infants exercise thereflexes given at

birth.

New objects and

bodily movements

are attached to

reflexes.

E.g. sucking

This body movement

produces active

groping for a nipple.


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Primary CircularReactions

(1-4 months)

2 This is the stage of learning new schemas.

Infants learn to discriminate the things they feel,

hear and see in their environment.

They learn through the continuous repetition of

newly acquired behavior.


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Secondary CircularReactions

(5-8 months)

3 Childs activitiesare directed moreto external rather

than to own body.

This is the stage

wherein they

learn to imitate.

There is a

continuouslearning of newly

acquired behavior

through

repetition.


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Coordination of Learned Schemas

(8-12 months)

4 New schemasare routinely

coordinated to

develop more

complexbehavior.

Objectpermanence is

attained.


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Tertiary CircularReactions

(12-18 months)

5 Ch

ildrenc

ontinue tolearn through

repetition but this

time with variation.

Experimentation

stage starts.

Children eng

age intrial and error

attempts at solving

problems.


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Pre-operational stage

(2 7 years old)

Children are characterized by:

-Use of mental images and symbols

to process their thoughts

- inability to generalize their

thoughts accurately

- egocentrism

- being highly visual

- inability to understand the concept

of conservation


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Concrete-operational stage

( 7- 12 years old)


- decreased egocentrism

- increased centering on otherpeople such as playmates

- having the ability to reverse

perspective

- having the ability to understand theconcept of conservation


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Formal-operational stage

(12 years old adulthood)


-Having the ability to think logically

and abstractly

- having the ability to reason

rhetorically


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Key Concepts of Piagets Theory of Development

Cognitive development is age-related.

Childrens schemes, or logical mental structures, change with

age and are initially action-based (sensorimotor) and later

move to a mental (operational) level.

Cognitive performance in children is directly associated with

the cognitive development stage they are in.

The childs cognitive development depends upon maturation,

physical experiences, social interaction, intellectual

development and the balance between experience and

organizing these into usable patterns.


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Conclusion

Childrens actions are highly dependent on

what and how they think mentally. Their actionsare manifestations of what they think. They have

their own logicand only through observation that

we can understand the reasons behind them.


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References

Balatbat, Huvalla & Limson. 2005.Work text in Fundamentals of

Psychology .

http://chd.gse.gmu.edu/immersion/knowledgebase/theorists/constructivism/Piag

et.htm

www. Googleimages.com


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