Piaget's Six Stages Of Child Development

Sometimes we often wonder, “what are babies thinking?” Little do people know that infants brain develop faster then their bodies do. The first two years of development for a baby are the most important. Many outside environemental risks can stunt growth or stop the development of the brain. As soon as a child is born they desire to understand their world around them this develops cognitive development. Piaget has developed six stages of infant development. Although, Piaget has created a good foundation to understand babies minds he was mistaken by a few things.

The first two stages of sensorimotor intelligence are called primary circular reactions. This one involves the infant's own body. It senses motion, sucking noise, and other stimuli
These stages are more closly related. They act first (stage five) and think later (stage six). In these reactions infants explore a range of new activites, varying their responses as a way of learning about the world. Stage five (ages 12 to 18 months) is a new world through active experimentation. At this point infants are more goal oriented this stage is known as the “little scientist.” They experiement in order to see, for them it is trial and error. They are doing things they have never seen an adult do like, squeeze all the toothpaste out of the tube or throw their lunch or dinner. Next is the sixth stage (ages 18 to 24 months) in this stage toddler think before they act. Instead of running up to the cat and pulling its tail they usually heistate a moment. This stage is normally referred to as thought followed by action. Stage six toddler have the ability to pretend play. They know that a baby doll is not a real person but they may still treat it like a real life baby. Toddler in stage six also begin to imitate an action they have seen before. Normally they do things that their parents or siblings may do. These six stages are normally descibed as feedback loops or circular reactions. They use these terms because if it feels good then keep doing it. Almost like a full circle or spiral. Piaget was correct in many ways but his main mistake was underestimating how rapidly their learning occurs. He believed it was a slow process and that many children might not catch up as fast because they were not doing a certain task at a certain