What Is Piaget´s Genetic Epistemology?

Jean Piaget a psychologist and epistemology known for his pioneering work in child development. Piaget theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called “genetic epistemology”. Piaget method is based on different developmental stages in a child’s life. Depending on their age, they react, give, and receive in different ways. In this essay, we will observe, look at a suggestion, a study, and visual on memory, as well as the information process.
There are four stage methods which consist of sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, and formal. The young boy we observed appeared to be in the pre-operational stage which is between the ages of two to seven years old. This stage tends to struggle with mental operations that older children may have, however, they learn to use words and pictures represented by objects. (Cherry, 2018). The young boy was first given a directive to tell how many shapes he was able to distinguish. This directive he had no problem with following because this stage he was able to relate to. Also, I can see he had no issues with the objects in front of him and used these learning skills to
However, the weakness was the boy’s inability to use logical reasoning. At this stage, children can only focus on one operation or problem at a time which is called centration (McLeod, 2015). He was attentive to the directions for the most part, and he attempted to stay engaged with the instructor. The instructor attempted to give more questions while he was trying to finish a task and the child did not lose focus until that one task was done. Once the shapes were put into groups of shapes adding another task the boy was not interested and lost focus on that activity but did mention another activity they could do. I observed engagement to the task but struggled to continue with that certain