Question

Discussion 2.1: Cognitive Perspective: Piaget’s Stages of Cognitive Development

1. Discuss your reactions to the theory. What was good/positive or bad/negative about this theory?
2. How you would know a child has moved from one stage to the next according to Piaget (i.e. what key aspects would you look for, what qualifiers need to be present, etc.)?

Answer 1

• Piaget's theory of cognitive development described that a child grows through four stages preoperational, sensorimotor, concrete operational , formal operational stage.The theory explains that a child gathers information and adapt through assimilation, accommodation, equilibration and schemas.The criticism came from Weiten that this theory has underestimated the development of children.Also, there is a possibility that the child mixes up two stages and doesnot distinctively progresses.Or any individual differences causing no general achievement of goals.
• According to me, Piaget's theory has well explained the cognitive development through stages. At sensorimotor stage (0-2 years) the main aspect is objective performance, which means that the object (such as toy) exists even if its hidden. The second stage is preoperational stage (2-7 years)where the key aspect is 'thinking' , in other words, that an object has a symbolic name.
• In the third stage , the key achievement is 'operational thought', whereas in 4th stage the main trait is abstract and logical thinking.

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