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.