Question

what is assimilation? what is accommodation? list and describe the 4 Piagetian stages of cognitive development?

Answer 1

What is assimilation?

The process of understanding the new information with the knowledge or schemas already we have is called assimilation.

What is accommodation?

The process of changing already stored schemas or knowledge because of the new information we have received is called accommodation.

list and describe the 4 Piagetian stages of cognitive development?

Jean Piaget is a well-known psychologist for his work on children. He proposed Cognitive development theory. In this theory, he divided human development into 4 stages. Those four stages are the Sensorimotor stage, the Preoperational stage, the concrete operational stage, and the Formal Operational stage.

Sensorimotor stage: Children below 2 years old will be in this stage.

• They will gain knowledge about their surroundings with the help of their sensory organs.
• They will understand the concept of object permanence that even though objects disappeared from our line of sight they will exist in this environment.
• They come to know that they can change the positions of objects

Preoperational Stage: Children whose age is in between 2 years and 7 years will be in this stage.

• They will use symbols as a means to understand concepts.
• Egocentrism is the main problem for children in this stage. Egocentrism means they believe that their view is the only view.
• Language skills will be developed slowly.

Concrete operational stage: Children whose age is in between 7 years and 11 years will be in this stage.

• Children will use a logical view to understand the concepts.
• Children will overcome the egocentrism problem.
• The physical quantity of the objects is the same even though we have changed its shape is the conservation concept. Children are capable to understand this concept.
• Children can't use abstract view while looking at the objects.

Formal Operational Stage: Children whose age is above 11 years will be in this stage.

• People will use an abstract view to understand the concepts.
• They will use a philosophical view to understand the world.
• They will choose their behavior based on moral values.