Jean Piaget Case Studies Samples For Students

PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology
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This is a very wide research problem. An infant named MB was reviewed. The infant was two months of age and was in the stages of infancy. MB spent the majority of her time resting. In the time that MB was awake, there were several experiments that has d been conducted in order to examine her reflexes. MB demonstrated consistent signs of reflex activity with the exceptions of the tonic neck and stepping reflex. MB did not have the capacity of holding her head upright and did not demonstrate any signs of motor development initiations. MB’ ...

Jean Piaget’s theory

The theory of cognitive development is very critical in understanding the behavior of human beings both psychologically and physiologically. Cognitive psychologists view development as consisting of reorganization and acquisition of cognitive structures through which human being process and store information (Ellery, 1925).
Piaget asserts that there are various stages in the development of an individual. Children in these stages often have different physical, emotional, social, and psychological differences. In the case of a twelve year old, who weighs 180lbs and is 5’1 tall, his behaviors will differ with that of a grown up. Since Piaget’s theory talks about ...

My Views as a Teacher

My views as a teacher reflect the views of Abraham Maslow and Jean Piaget.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs theory indicates that people are motivated when their needs are met, and these needs are classified as physiological needs; safety needs; needs of love, affection, and belongingness; needs for esteem; and needs for self-actualization (Jelencic, 2011). When applied to teaching and education, students are motivated to learn when their needs are met.
As a teacher, I apply this theory by ensuring that my students’ basic needs are met. I will allow them to eat or drink in class under certain ...

Ericson’s theory of psychosocial development

Erik Ericson has proposed the theory of psychosocial development which details the outcome of social experiences in the life of human beings. He further maintained that human beings underwent eight stages. According to him the fourth stage of psychosocial development has to do with middle childhood and when the child starts understanding the meaning of pride especially in their capabilities and achievements (An & Cooney, 2006). The current case study deals with Logan, a child in middle childhood having a terminally ill sister. The child is in constant conflict because he is not able to share his thoughts or even appreciated and ...

Q. 1. Which theory of cognitive development do you most agree with? Why?

I mostly agree with Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This is because unlike other cognitive development theories, Piaget’s theory, through the four stages of development (sensory motor, preoperational, concrete operational mastery and formal operational stage) demonstrates, clearly, that cognitive capacities of children are different from those of adults. Thus, the theory aids in explaining why children should be taught different things at different ages.

Q.2. How does each theory of cognitive development treat the role of social and cultural factors?

Piaget’s theory suggests that reasoning in all cognitive domains transcends social and cultural factors, as it developed through universal stages. Conversely, Vygotsky’s theory highly regards the role of social and cultural factors, ...

Quiz 2

1 While Victor was a typical boy in Mexico, his move to the United States changed him. While he once thrived in school and sports, he has become the class clown, prejudiced towards other colors, and combative. This rather extreme and sudden change can be attributed to classical conditioning.
Classical conditioning is learning by association (Changingminds.org, 2015). For instance, a rat can be taught to avoid sweet tasting liquid if after each time they drink the liquid they are injected with something that makes them sick (Changingminds.org, 2015). They learn to associate being sick with the sweet liquid, and will ...

Introduction

Several researchers from all over the word, going by the clarity of their findings, have come up with conclusions about the change in behavior of an individual. Some of these conclusions have been specific while others contain the kind of precision which leaves us with many unanswered questions. It is therefore logical to explore this matter in order to come up with some dependable information with regard to the dynamics that surround the behavior of consumers.

In the business arena, the changes in the behavior of the people in various capacities go along way in affecting the flow of ...

Introduction

Mary’s case reflects a serious case of criminal behavior, not counting the numerous crimes committed against her by her family members. Mary is a serious psychological case, as she has faced numerous negative influences in her life and suffered serious emotional trauma. Raised by a father who was abusive against the family and a mother who was emotionally distant, Mary’s childhood and most formative years were spent facing damaging abuse that would affect her for the rest of her life. Her step-father, who arrived on the scene when Mary was nearly ten, sexually abused her and her ...

Introduction

In education, it is vital to create an appropriate curriculum development procedure whose objective is to attain a good intellectual property development in children. Concerning the above, I, therefore, seek to review the educational development for toddlers/preschoolers whose age bracket is two years to 5 years. The age is the second stage of childhood and preschools and prekindergarten, therefore, tends to be a crucial area for children's life and, later on, impact on the general life of the individual.
Given these, I henceforth seek to develop a one-week educational curriculum that spans from Monday to Friday; the expected results ...

Introduction

Deyun Meng (pseudonym only), a tourist, is a 37-year old doctoral candidate. I met her while waiting for a taxi on my way home. She has been here in the US for barely two (2) weeks to visit a sick relative. I told her if I could observe and interview her for my case study project in developmental psychology. I explained to her the purpose of my project and gave her the participant consent form. She answered affirmatively. The next day, we spent nearly one-and-a-half (1 and ½) hours in a café near her relative’s residence. Deyun ethnic background is Chinese. She has been a ...

Introduction

For this paper, I observed a 4 ½ year-old Chinese-America boy named Daniel Yap who was trying to learn to play the game Cut the Rope on the iPad. The boy was in the living room of his family’s home while playing the game. He was from a middle-class family and his father was also around at the time. I am good friends with the family and was visiting at the time that the observation was made. The observation lasted for about three minutes and was conducted on December 9, 2012.

Observation

I observed Daniel as he played the game Cut the ...