This paper looks at how spiritual maturity and growth can develop through a lifetime. The goal is to show how human development theories relate to Christian Maturity. Piaget’s cognitive developmental theory has guided us through stages of cognitive development in a secular worldview. By looking at the way God intend us to live and grow spiritually and our life experiences; we can see God’s guidance and directions in the formation of how a Christian matures. It’s also important to look at the influences of scripture and the Holy Spirit in developing Christian Maturity. By relating a worldly view of personal development with God’s guidance and direction not only through scripture but in our life experiences as well, we can show how a Christian’s life matures spiritually.…
Piaget’s stage theory of cognitive development suggests that development occurs through four different stages, the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stages. While the information processing theory propose there is a continuous pattern of development that are not broken up into specific stages as Piaget offers.…
Jean Piaget is one of the most noted psychologist in the field because of his contribute to developmental psychology and cognitive psychology. He studied his children and created a system on how kids learn and how they think. He created a theory describing how children understood the world in four stages. The four stages are Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operational, and Formal Operations.…
Twins are people who develop from the same fertilized egg, any differences between them are a direct result from their environment.…
Cognitive Development is the development of the mind; the change of the way a person processes information and the way that a person thinks. The study of Cognitive Development has brought forth findings concerning brain growth. In the private piano lesson, the instructor can use the study of Cognitive Development to use, utilizing such information as critical periods and findings of Jean Piaget and Lev Vygotsky.…
I observed a variety of different students and age groups but spent most of my time in Ms. Titus classroom. While observing the 6th grade students applying Piaget theory of development I would say that most were at the Concrete operational stage of cognitive development. In this stage of development intelligence is demonstrated through logical and systematic manipulation of symbols related to concrete objects. (Huitt, W., & Hummel, J. 2003) The teacher asked more questions and let the student be more independent as at this stage of cognitive development they should be able to use logic and intelligence to answer questions. A child’s schema is the basic building block of intelligent behavior and a way of organizing knowledge. Organization of…
Even those who reach the stage of formal operational thought spend much of their time thinking at less-advanced levels. The discussion of adolescent egocentrism supports this generalization in showing that adolescents have difficulty thinking rationally about themselves and their immediate experiences. Adolescent egocentrism makes them see themselves as psychologically unique and more socially significant than they really are.…
By the age of 2, the child should have completed the first stage, the sensorimotor period. The child should have mastered the concept of object permanence (i.e., an object doesn’t cease to exist just because it cannot be seen). In addition, the child should exhibit some form of reasoning. Movements and thoughts are no longer carried out by the entire body. As a result, thinking and movements should become more complex.…
By seven months time, a child has gained knowledge about permanency, the knowledge that an object still exist but not in the view of the infant. During this stage, the child adapts to various chains of simple activities to a wider range of situations of lengthy co-ordinates. They soon realize how in control they are with a particular object which allows them to manipulate and develop intellectual abilities. As they gain virtual abilities, they start to learn the appropriate actions and begin to communicate with others through sounds and simple words. Most children at this stage learn from their care-givers as well as their parents as they imitate the infant’s actions, movements, and sounds made by mouth.…
According to Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, a 3 year old child is beginning the of the pre-operational period (2-7 years old), while a 9 year old is in the middle of the concrete operation period (7-11 years old) and both have very different thinking pattern.…
As children continue to develop into the school years their view of themselves and others around them begins to change. During early childhood children are usually quite egocentric and often relate to the world around them through their own lens, as they do not easily think in hypothetical terms (Berger, 2008). This phenomenon was coined centration (Berger, 2008). Around the age of seven, early childhood egocentrism takes a shift. It is at this age when children begin to develop a more complex mind and can begin to think abstractly and hypothetically regarding events as well as the feelings and thoughts of others (Berger, 2008). The opinions of others do not affect young children nearly as much as they do seven to eleven year-olds. This is the age of judgment which children begin judging others, judging themselves, and contemplating how others are judging them (Berger, 2008). This phase can be extremely difficult for some children though it also can teach children to behave in a more socially conducive way (Berger, 2008). The complex social bonds and friendships often developed in middle childhood help pave the way for the further social and personal developments which will occur through adolescence (Berger, 2008). The mind of a teenager is much more complex their younger counterpart’s though it remain structurally similar (Artar, 2007). As early and middle childhood children have difficulty foreseeing the experiential view point of others, so do teenagers (Artar, 2007). Teenagers are quite concerned with how others perceive them so are younger children, though because the teenager can engage in formal operational thoughts, they are capable, and more likely, to be empathic toward others in general (Artar, 2007). When it comes to empathy, teenagers are most empathetic and understanding toward their parents and family members and less so toward their peers…
Over time many theories based on the development of children have been created. These theories are based on Cognitive, personal, and social Development. As well as individual and group differences.…
Egocentrism is usually characterized by a preoccupation with your own world. This, egocentrism, is found during every stage of Jean Piaget’s cognitive development. So, you could say that egocentrism is a byproduct of new ways of thinking found through cognitive development. This is because we try to apply higher forms of thinking, and while we eventually get it, at first we misuse it. In each stage it presents itself in a new way. Egocentrism starts in Jean Piaget’s sensorimotor stage as a baby. This egocentrism is shown through the belief that things are gone when taken out of view. This is egocentric because, if you are reading this, essay you understand object permanence. Egocentrism develops throughout the stages and is at its peak in multiple ways at the beginning of the formal operational stage. Egocentrism from the formal operational stage happens during adolescence, so it will be referred to here-on as adolescent egocentrism.…
Previous studies (e.g., Elkind & Bowen, 1979) have usually found that adolescent egocentrism is more common in females and that it increases during early adolescence, peaks at about 14 to 16 years of age. According to Berger, the difference between egocentrism during adolescence and the same trait during preoperational thought is that adolescents, unlike younger children have a well developed theory of mind. They know that other people have their own thoughts. Their egocentrism does not ignore others. Instead it distorts their understanding of what others might be thinking about them. In egocentrism, adolescents regard themselves as uniquely special and much more socially significant than they actually are (Berger, 2007)…
Jean Piaget was born to Rebeca and Arthur on August 9, 1896, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. His father was a medieval historian. Who taught Jean the importance of studying, at a young age he was dedicated his studies particularly on natural science; but it was his godfather who introduced him to philosophy, giving him the basic building blocks to what he would later discover. At the young age of 11 he was attending Neuchatel Latin High School and was already being published. He was hiding his young age from the publisher because they thought young writers didn’t have credibility and since they didn’t know his age they thought he was an expert on the topics. At the age of 15 one of his articles about mollusks led to a job offer to work at the history museum in Genève; he declined in order to stay in school. He furthered his education at the University at Neuchatel, where he earned his doctoral degree in 1916. His work in two psychological laboratories got him into his research in psychoanalysis, the knowledge or study of mental processes. He later studied abnormal psychology at the Sorbonne in Paris. He also…