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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background Jean Piaget (1896-1980) was actually not a psychologist at first; he dedicated his time to mollusc research. In fact‚ by the time he was 21 he’d already published twenty scientific papers on them! He soon moved to Paris‚ and got a job interviewing mental patients. Before long‚ he was working for Alfred Binet‚ and refining Burt’s reasoning test. During his time working at Binet’s lab‚ he studied the way that children reasoned. After two years of working with children‚ Piaget finally realised
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MARIANI BTE MANSOR KEL5100: CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORY Student Ayda Azharkamandi GS35985 History of cognitive approach Cognition is the mental activity and behavior that allows us to understand the world. It includes the functions of learning‚ perception‚ memory‚ and thinking; and it is influenced by biological‚ environmental‚ experimental‚ social‚ and motivational factors. Varieties of theories have been proposed to explain the pattern of cognitive development observed in children. However‚
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contribution of Jean Piaget to our understanding of child development. Until the mid 1900 ’s psychologists had no useful theory for explaining how children ’s minds change as they age. Psychologists interested in this field either has to study it in relation to behaviourism‚ which emphasises that children merely receive information from the environment‚ or in relation to the IQ testing approach‚ which emphasises individual differences in children ’s development. However developmental psychologist Jean Piaget
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cognitive theories can be applied to this deficit in both child and those on the Autism spectrum. For Piaget‚ the perspective a child held was a central concept of his developmental theory. The early‚ developing child olds a perspective that he is the central figure and is unable to understand other people have differing beliefs than his own‚ a process Piaget referred to as decentering. Piaget asserted his begins to change as the child enters the Concrete Operational Stage‚ where they are able to
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1.1 Explain the sequence and rate of each aspect of development that would normally be expected in children and young people from birth – 19 years. Physical 0 -3 When a baby is born they are unable to hold their own head up however they will tilt their head towards light or noise within their first months. When spoken to they will react by looking at or watching you. As they develop they will be able to support their own head and wave their arms around and bring them together‚ the same with
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Rate and Sequences of development All children grow and develop in the same sort of order‚ but they do not all happen in the same rate or sequence. Some children’s development is slower than others so they may be behind other children. The rate of development is the speed at which the child develops. Children all develop in the same order‚ but not always at the same rate. For example the stages of walking happen at different times for different children. Some may crawl for longer than others
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Sequence and Rate of Development What is meant by the sequence of development? Sequence of development means that the growth of a child takes place in a structured order with a series of changes or growth that leads to a matured state. The sequence of development depends on events that have previously happened. An example of this is that a baby will first start to roll and at around 6 – 7 months will try to sit up and soon after this they will start to crawl using their arms and legs.
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Many are used today to determine when a child is mature‚ when they can feel emotion‚ and other important factors to which there are no strict textbook answers for. Piaget and Vygotsky are two theorists that offer theoretical perspectives on how a child develops. 2. Piaget’s Constructivist Theory of Cognitive Development: Piaget had a phrase that said "Assimilation and Accommodation lead to Adaptation." Assimilation is when a person fits his or her external information in with what he or she
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Person Development Understand the expected pattern of development for children and young people from birth – 19 years Each child and young person will follow an expected pattern of development‚ focusing mainly the skills they are learning rather than the physical growth. Although when discussed the development of children it focuses on the skills it is undeniable that both skills and growth of children and young people are linked and will impact on the development on the child. Development of children
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