Peagetian Tasks Piagets Theory Of Cognitive Development - 550 Words

Peagetian Tasks: Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Development (Coursework Sample) Content: Piagets theoryName:Professor:Institution:Course:Date:IntroductionPiagets theory of cognitive development is one of the comprehensive theories of cognitive development among the young members of the society. As a matter of fact, Piagets theory was first developed to with respect to the understanding of human nature and their developmental capacity as far as human intelligence is concerned. According to Jean Piagets, human beings do have some developmental stages, and this is as for instance sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and lastly formal operations. According to the task above there that centers its attention between the ages of 4-10 years, there are two stages as stipulated by Jean Piagets theory.Preoperational theory ranges from the ages of 2-7 years while concrete operational ranges from the age of 7-11 years. The above task is what I chose to be the center of my paper today. There are indeed a number of usefulness or rather importance of Piaget s theory as from my observation with the subject on the same table. The first test was to have the subject carry out a counting test on the two rows of the pennies on the table. The second test was to rearrange the pennies again in a row but now the new row is to be at least twice as much the length of the other one and on the same time a penny missing from the rows.The first questions in both tests happen to have a difference from the subject's answers, and this means that the child is on the preoperational stage as mentioned by Jean Piagets in his theory (Wadsworth, 320). The ...