CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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When 18-month-old James is given peas for the first time, he picks one up, throws it, and says “ball.” According to Piaget’s theory, James is most likely ____ the pea into his ball scheme.
A
accommodating
B
organizing
C
equilibrating
D
assimilating
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -# 1 When one-year-old Peter is given peas for the first time, he picks one up, throws it off the high chair tray and says, “Ball. According to Piaget’s theory, he is most likely the pea to his ‘ball scheme.

Detailed explanation-2: -The four stages are as follows: Sensorimotor: birth through ages 18-24 months. Preoperational: toddlerhood (18-24 months) through early childhood (age 7) Concrete operational: ages 7-12.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Theory of Cognitive Development by Jean Piaget, the Swiss psychologist, suggests that children’s intelligence undergoes changes as they grow. Cognitive development in children is not only related to acquiring knowledge, children need to build or develop a mental model of their surrounding world (Miller, 2011).

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

Detailed explanation-5: -If they come across a new situation or task that they do not understand, Piaget called this disequilibrium. This occurs when a child is unable to use existing schema to understand new information to make sense of objects and concepts.

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