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    make systematic study for cognitive development, he was a clinical psychologist. Piaget was known for his work and for being the founder for child development. He created the theory cognitive-developmental (Kohler, 2008). According to the book, cognitive-developmental theory is one that reflects the behaviors of multiple cognitive structures, the organized patterns of thinking, and the experience that that child experiences. (Bukatko, & Daehler, (2012). With this theory, he proved to he world that

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    analyzed and applied to the study of child development, each focusing on different stages of learning and growth. Teachers, educators and those caring for young children resort to these theories in order to develop informed and developmentally appropriate practices. In this paper, I will focus on Piaget’s Cognitive Theory of development and how this theory plays a role in the field of early childhood education. Jean Piaget was the first major cognitive theorist, emerging in the field of psychology

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    One of Piaget’s key concepts within his cognitive development theory is that learning is a result of a child’s exploration of and interaction with the environment. In which, the child, independently, will learn and play. Piaget as a result of this coined young children as “lone scientists” as they learn independently and at their own rate and didn’t identify that the child needed any teachers or adults in developing cognitively. In short, this concept argues that children are exploring the worlds

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    Portfolio Activity 2 Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development Describe it Jean Piaget’s theory of Cognitive Development represents children as explorers of the environment, trying to make sense of their world, and in doing this, they discover new things and adapt to this world they live in. There are three basic components to Piaget’s theory; adaptation, schemas, and stages of cognitive development. Adaptation refers to adjusting to the demands of the environment, through such things as coping with

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    There are many great cognitive theorists, but the one that comes to mind is a development psychologist by the name of Jean Piaget. One of his prized declaration was in 1934, where he declared that education is capable of saving our society from collapsing whether its violent or gradual. Piaget had a key effect on education and psychology, and because of that effect he made many contributions to learning and to cognition. One of most important contribution was a model that was made by Piaget. This

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    The cognitive developmental theory comes from the work and research done by Jean Piaget which we believe is an empiricist approach which goes hand and hand with Piaget’s constructive approach. Empiricism is a theory that states that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience. The constructive approach is viewed as children discovering all knowledge about the world through their own learning and knowledge. According to Piaget, children pass through these stages at different times in

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    Discuss Piaget’s theory of cognitive development Piaget’s theory of cognitive development was based around his belief that children will develop their intelligence through a series of stages: Sensorimotor (birth – 2yrs), Preoperational (2-7yrs), Concrete Operational (7-11yrs) and Formal Operational (11+). He believed these stages to be invariant, the same stages taking place in a fixed order, and universal, the same for every child regardless of their background or culture. (McLeod, 2015) Piaget

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    20th century, the development of psychology is constantly expanding. Erikson and Piaget are two of the ealier well known theorist, both being significant in the field. Their belief 's are outlined in Piaget 's Cognitive Development Theory and Erikson 's Psychosocial Development Theory. These theories, both similar and different, have a certain significance as the stages are outlined.Erikson and Piaget were similar in their careers and made huge progressions in child development and education. With

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    “Cognition is the study of the thought processes or mental activity by which we acquire or deal with knowledge” (Thomas Keenan, Sabhadra Evans 2009:157). The first theorist to look into cognitive development systemically, and the man in which I am going to discuss in this essay is a Swiss psychologist called Jean Piajet (Drew Weston 1959:455). “Piajet viewed intelligence as the individual’s way of adapting to new information about the world” (Drew Weston 1959: 456). He believed that people used

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    Cognitive development is the development of mind. It is also known as mental or intellectual development. It develops according to a predictable pattern in which maturation and learning play important roles. So, cognitive development is the progressive changes in intellectual growth which takes place from birth to maturity, as the children grow, they show signs of having a theory of mind, including awareness of their own thought processes. The mind of the child starts to grow as soon as he is

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