Piaget's Four Stages
Each and every baby is different, but they all generally follow specific developmental milestones. These milestones help you know at what rate your child is developing. Infants go through emotional, intellectual, physical and social developmental stages. Each of these stages are very important for growing babies. Emotional development is when the baby is recognizing and expressing feelings, Intellectual development is the process where a baby starts making sense of his world. When a baby starts using their motor skills, and watching you is when they are going through Physical development, but when the infant starts to express themselves and interact with others is when they are going through the social developmental stage. These very important
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These stages were identified by Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist. Piaget had said that these four stages appear in the same order too all children, the only difference is at what age these periods emerge. These periods are the sensorimotor period, the preoperational period, the concrete operations period, and the formal operations period. Jean Piaget stated that children must master a thinking skill, before moving on to the next. The sensorimotor period, generally from birth to age two, is when children start to learn from their own actions and senses. The Preoperational period from age 2-7 is when your child begins to think through their own activities and what they perceive .From 7-11 years old is called the concrete operations period, which is when your child thinks logically, but still learns best by experience. From 11 years to adult is when people are capable of abstract thinking, is called the formal operations period. Between 3-4months babies can tell the difference between familiar and unfamiliar faces, as well as tell the difference between a smile and frown. During the 5-6 month period your infant will start to recognize their own name, as well as the basic sounds of their native language. Sometime during the 9th or 10th month your baby starts understanding cause and effect. By the time your child is a year, he should be able to say momma or dada, as well as understand some words and
These stages were identified by Jean Piaget, a Swiss psychologist. Piaget had said that these four stages appear in the same order too all children, the only difference is at what age these periods emerge. These periods are the sensorimotor period, the preoperational period, the concrete operations period, and the formal operations period. Jean Piaget stated that children must master a thinking skill, before moving on to the next. The sensorimotor period, generally from birth to age two, is when children start to learn from their own actions and senses. The Preoperational period from age 2-7 is when your child begins to think through their own activities and what they perceive .From 7-11 years old is called the concrete operations period, which is when your child thinks logically, but still learns best by experience. From 11 years to adult is when people are capable of abstract thinking, is called the formal operations period. Between 3-4months babies can tell the difference between familiar and unfamiliar faces, as well as tell the difference between a smile and frown. During the 5-6 month period your infant will start to recognize their own name, as well as the basic sounds of their native language. Sometime during the 9th or 10th month your baby starts understanding cause and effect. By the time your child is a year, he should be able to say momma or dada, as well as understand some words and