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Piagets Cognitive Development Theory

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Advanced Lifespan Development

Dr . Matt Nelson

Northwest University

Journal for Advanced Lifespan Development

Introduction

As far as disciplines are concerned in such a vast scientific world that people circulate in , when psychology was conceived and eventually became a separate field of concentration , it has become perhaps one of the most popular courses and career any individual would want to venture in . The main concerns however are left for aficionados to speculate that the study of human behavior , its scientific explorations on the human mind

and its mental processes is also a very complex and quite difficult arena (Papalia et al , 2002 . There are theories and theorists that abound to posit on the , explanation or understanding and prediction (and if possible , modification or control ) of behavior among human organisms . Despite the modern breakthroughs , there lies a tension between what has been known and what are still unknown on the creature called man (Bernstein , 1991

This is anchored on the understanding that psychology actually pertains to the human psyche which is the equivalent of the soul and /or spirit where insights , knowledge and understanding reside . Where this is the central issue , spirituality similarly is attracted to the human mind where the attention that much of the Christian doctrine is also supposed to attend to or has been prepared to change . The observations made by Jean Piaget are translated to their applicability to counseling , to culture and to the biblical worldview . The author therefore attempts to present a prycis on the premise and /or presupposition of Piaget and what this theorist wanted to convey towards the development of personhood specifically in the cognitive domains or aspects of the human individual

Piaget 's Cognitive Stages of Development

Introduction

Many of the theories today get their ideas from theorists of the earlier years and mushroom them to the world of science attracting their own followers . Piaget is considered a pioneer however in his field . His presuppositions mainly point to the person 's acting ' or operating on his /her environment which enables the development to put into motion or enable the person to develop in his cognition

To put into more detail , Piaget 's theory of cognitive development refers to how a person perceives , thinks , and gains an understanding of his or her world through the interaction and influence of genetic and learning factors . Jean Piaget , who was both a biologist and psychologist , developed one of the most influential theories of cognitive development . Piaget 's work led to the current view that children are actively involved in their own cognitive development . By active involvement , Piaget meant that children are constantly striving to understand what they encounter , and in such encounters they form their own guesses or hypotheses about how the world works (Atkinson 1993

Piaget 's cognitive stages refer to four different stages - sensorimotor , preoperational , concrete operational , and formal operational stages - each of which is more advanced than the preceding stage because it involves new reasoning and thinking abilities (Papalia et...

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