Running head: PIAGET & KOHLBERG RESEARCH ON THE COGNITIVE & MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORIES OF JEAN PIAGET & LAWRENCE KOHLBERG DONNA O. O ’CONNOR INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF THE CARIBBEAN ABSTRACT The intention of this paper is to provide an overview of the psychological theories of Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg. While Piaget ’s perspective was psychological‚ Kholberg ’s viewpoint was psychological with emphasis placed on moral development and both theories will be compared and contrasted in
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Sensory Motor Stage Piaget’s first stage of development is the sensory motor stage. This stage occurs between the birth of the child and the age of two. During this stage‚ understanding comes from touching‚ sucking‚ chewing‚ and manipulating objects. About nine months after birth‚ the child develops what is called ‘object permanence’. Object permanence is the awareness that objects and people continue to exist even if they are out of sight. The infants have the ability to build up mental pictures
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University of Phoenix Material Developmental Stages Matrix Complete the matrix by listing out the various changes in each age group. Developmental Stage Physical changes Cognitive changes Socioemotional changes Infancy Physical growth is at the fastest rate during infancy. Young infants learn to roll over‚ sit up‚ crawl‚ and walk within 12 to 15 months of birth. Uses the Sensorimotor stage of development. The infant uses sensory and motor contact to explore and understand the world around them
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relevant and meaningful. Piaget identified four stages in which every child passes through. It is crucial to understand these stages when homeschooling. This knowledge will allow the parent to provide a wide range of developmental material for each stage. Sensorimotor Stage (birth to 18months -2 years of age) • This stage involves the use of motor activity. • Limited knowledge • Explore by putting objects in their mouth • Language development starts during the sensorimotor stage • Memory is developing
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levels of intellectual (cognitive) development (Flavell‚ 2011; Piaget‚ 1952‚ 1960). According to Piaget (1952)‚ as children grow up‚ they progress through a series of qualitative changes of cognitive development that are characterized by differences in thought processing. Under his ob-servations of his three children‚ he proposes four key stages of cognitive development which corre-spond with children’s ages‚ particularly the sensorimotor stage (from
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While both Piaget and Vygotsky were similar in their views in certain ways. Most commonly shared were their views as constructivists (the idea of learning by doing) and believed that social forces set the limits of development. The most obvious difference is their view of cognitive development. Where Piaget felt that cognition develops in four discreet stages that are limited‚ Vygotsky believed the opposite‚ that there are no stages and development is continuous. Where there are a few areas that
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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE LIFESPAN‚ 4/e © 2007 Laura E. Berk‚ Illinois State University ISBN: 0-205-49125-1 Visit www.ablongman.com/replocator to contact your local Allyn & Bacon/Longman representative. The colors in this document are not an accurate representation of the final textbook colors. S A M P L E C H A P T E R 1 The pages of this Sample Chapter may have slight variations in final published form. Allyn & Bacon 75 Arlington St.‚ Suite 300 Boston‚ MA 02116 www.ablongman
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Piaget has four stages of cognitive development‚ these are the sensori motor skills (0-2)‚ pre- operational (2-7)‚ concrete operations (7-11) and formal operation (12+). The first stage occurs when a child is zero to two years old and this is known as the sensori motor stage where children start using their physical skills‚ motor skills and senses to explore. This is where children’s senses and physical activity help the child to experience the environment. The second stage is the pre-operational
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Piaget’s stages of cognitive development. 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. Piaget’s second stage‚ the stage of preoperational
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Developmental Stages in Children and Adolescents Erica Bass May 7‚ 2012 Andrew Fletcher PSY 104 – Child and Adolescent Development Developmental Stages in Children and Adolescents In exploring the differences in children and why and how they develop can be quite interesting. There are many different theories that suggest different explanations as to why children develop when they do‚ whether it is cognitive‚ socially‚ mentally‚ etc. Three very interesting theories are Kohlberg’s moral development
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