12.C Playing with Piaget

​PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

For each scenario, decide how a child in your particular period of Piaget’s cognitive development would respond. Specify how they would behave, what they might say and what they would be thinking. Reference the stages in the next few slides to help you with your response.

Categorize

Options (4)

They may just cry

because the feel hungry.

They may use language to

communicate they are hungry.

Children can communicate that they are hungry and find someone to get

them food.

Kids can perform elaborative planning, so the child may have been had something

planned to eat.

The child is hungry and there is no food nearby. Organize the responses into the correct category.

Sensorimotor development.

Pre operational Development

Concrete operational

Formal operational

Match

A deck of cards is placed in front of the child. Match the category to the best possible action.

• Sensorimotor Development.

• Pre Operational Development-

• Concrete Operational

• Formal Operational They

Place the cards in their mouths.

Play a game

of cards with someone.

May know a few simple games -Go Fish

They can play complicated card games

• Place the cards in their mouths.

• Play a game

  of cards with someone.

• May know a few simple games -Go Fish

• They can play complicated card games

Categorize

Options (4)

Would just look, not really understanding what it meant.

Children believe inanimate objects have intentions and feelings, they may

feel bad for the glass

May pick up the glass and place it

where it’s “supposed” to be

Picks up the glass and cleans up the water because of future consequences of slipping

A glass of water has fallen off of a table and on to the floor. Match the possible action to the correct stage.

Sensorimotor Development.

Pre Operational Development

Concrete Operational

Formal Operational

Open Ended

A child sees a squirrel run under the car they are riding in and then suddenly they

hear and feel a loud “thump” under the car. How might a child in stage 1 sensorimotor development respond?

Open Ended

A child sees a squirrel run under the car they are riding in and then suddenly they

hear and feel a loud “thump” under the car. How might a child in stage 2 pre-operational development respond?

Open Ended

A child sees a squirrel run under the car they are riding in and then suddenly they

hear and feel a loud “thump” under the car. How might a child in stage 3 concrete operational respond?

Open Ended

A child sees a squirrel run under the car they are riding in and then suddenly they

hear and feel a loud “thump” under the car. How might a child in stage 4 formal operational respond?