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Piaget & Cognitive Development
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Did you know there was a time when children were regarded as "little adults"? Jean Piaget, a Swiss developmental biologist and psychologist, is credited as being the first expert to suggest that until a child is at least 11, she is not capable of thinking and reasoning like an adult.
Piaget's revolutionary research began early in the last century and introduced four stages of development:
- the Sensorimotor Period, from birth to 2 years
- the Preoperational Period, from 2 to 6 or 7 years
- the Concrete Operational Period, from 7 to 11 years
- the Formal Operational Period, from 11 on...
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In Christian society, the age of reason is at about 7 years old. This doctrine came from the Catholic Church who believed that by seven or eight a child was old enough to be morally responsible to make decisions regarding their faith and to participate in church services and take communion. Some psychologists agree that at this age, most children can begin to tell right from wrong.
It is important when communicating with children to remember that as adults, we are capable of thinking on their level but they are incapable of thinking on an adult level. It is easy to forget this when the child is very verbal and rational.
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