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Jean Piaget is a French psychologist known to develop the most influential theory of cognitive development. He designed a way for children to react to their environment in a learning fashion. This is known as schemas, or “basic units of knowledge used to organize past experiences and serve as a basis for understanding new ones.” (For The Young Child, 1.)
ASSIMILATION
&
ACCOMMODATION
This is a process in which you learn by connecting with things you have already know or have done.
Or “Equilibrium” -This a continually changing process to accommodate to learning new things.
Four stages of cognitive development according to Piaget’s Theory:
Sensorimotor Stage (Infancy):
The 6 sub stages with Motor Activity, and physical activity
Pre-operational Stage (Toddler & Early Childhood):
The 2 substages with use of language, imagination, and symbols.
Concrete Operational Stage (Elementary & Early Adolescence):
There are 7 types of conversations. All of the conversations are systematic and concrete.
Formal Operational Stage (Adolescence & Adulthood):
This stage is abstract and conceptual.
Assimilation
Born:
Baby uses senses to discover the world around them. Example: (sounds/ colors recognized).
6 Months:
Imitation stage, and distinguishes objects to be real or not. Eventually recognizes their names by 4 months.
9 Months:
Recognizes gestures, and understands “no” and “yes”.
12 Months:
Speak up to 2 or 4 words, Separation anxiety away from parents. Understand eventually 10-50 words by 18 months.
The ability to think more advanced. Seen in 5 ways: