PIAGET
Childhood Developments
PIAGET
FAMOUS researcher in children’s mental development
Believed that people organized new information in two
ways: assimilation and accommodation.
Assimilation – new information is placed into
categories that already exist. • All fuzzy things with four legs are a puppy
Accommodation – a change to a category or the
creation of a new category based on information
PUPPY
PUPPY
PUPPY?
PUPPY?
SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
Piaget believed children’s cognitive development
occurred in stages.
Newborns behavior is mostly based on reflexes
Sensorimotor Stage (age 0-2): when infants make
connections between their physical movements and
the results they perceive and sense. • If I shake the rattle, the noise will continue• If I push the ball, it will roll
SENSORIMOTOR STAGE
Object Permanence: at about 8 to 10 months
children realize that objects still exist when they can
no longer see them
Sensorimotor stage ends when kids begin to use
language
PREOPERATIONAL STAGE
Preoperational Stage: thinking is in one dimension, (they see only
one aspect of a event at a time) For example, they focus only on the
look of an object, they can’t think past that. • (Ages 2-7)
Egocentrism – the inability to see another person’s point of view
(not selfish b/c they don’t understand)• Assume other people see the world as they do
• Everything that happens to me, happens to you
Animistic- giving human traits to objects, “Trees have leaves to
keep them warm. My car goes to sleep at night just like me.”
Artificialistic: natural events are caused by people. “The sky is blue
because someone painted it”
CONCRETE-OPERATIONAL STAGE
Concrete-Operational Stage (ages 7-12): begin to
show signs of adult thinking, but can’t grasp abstract
thought yet. • Teachers do hands on lessons to help students learn
at this stage
Children are less egocentric. They understand that
not everyone sees and experiences what the child
sees/experiences.
FORMAL OPERATIONAL STAGE
Formal Operational Stage (age 12 to adulthood):
people are able to think abstractly.• Algebra makes sense! 3x = 9, what is x?
They can focus on multiple aspects of a situation
at the same time.
People can think ahead and handle hypothetical
situations
ACTIVITY
You are going to make your own baby book
The book can be for a fictional baby or you can make it for
yourself. • Fictional baby should be born in 1994 to make them 18 by now
The first page should say the child’s name, birth date and any
other information you want displayed
Each page of the baby book will be demonstrate the baby
displaying some of Piaget’s characteristics of a development
stage.
ACTIVITY CONT’D
For example, Jaquan demonstrates sensorimotor stage! • On this page you could show a baby playing with a rattle• Include the proper age of the child at this stage• Underneath your picture you could explain why this
illustration demonstrates this stage . Remember to use F.E.R (Fact, Example, and Reason)
You may use illustrations or pictures. The pages should be
visually appealing and informative. You may bring in any art
supplies from home to work on this assignment
You will have time in class to work on this assignment.