Intellectual & Cognitive

DevelopmentJean Piaget’s Theories

How people organize information

Assimilation

Place new information into categories that already exist

I have a dog - therefore all animals are dogs

Accommodation

Change brought about with new information

There is a difference between a dog and a cat

4 Stages of Development

1. Sensorimotor StageLearning to coordinate sensation, perception, and motor activity

3-4 months old to 2 years old

Rattles and Peek-a-Boo

Object Permanence

Language development

Symbols and Shapes

2. Pre-Operational Stage

Begins with the use of language

One-dimensional thinking

Do NOT understand the Law of Conservation

Key properties of substances stay the same even if their shape is changed

Egocentrism - Cannot see someone else’s POV

Artificialism - People control things they really don’t - like thunder

Animism - Objects are alive

3. Concrete Operational Stage

Begins around 7

Adult thinking about objects - yet not abstract

Best at hands-on projects

Understand Conservation

Understand basic hypotheticals

4. Formal Operational Stage

Puberty to Maturity

Abstract thinking

Hypothetical situations

Abstract ideas

Logical thinking

Intelligence

Jean Piaget co-created the IQ Test with Alfred Binet

Is intelligence learned or genetic?

What makes up IQ?

IQYour skills as compared to others in your age group

Pattern Recognition

Math Skills

Spacial Reasoning

Factual Knowledge

Visual Memory

Vocabulary

Verbal Analogy Skills

Instilling IntelligenceParents understand the current level of intelligence and push zone of proximal development (level of the child’s skills)

Distal Zone - what a child does not know and not in their skill set

Proximal Zone - what is in their set and what they do not know

Use scaffolding and enriched enviroments

Entrance Ticket

Go to my website

Click on the link to the IQ test

Take it

Make note of your score and write the range you fall into on your ticket

IQ Description % of Population

130+ Very superior 2.2%

120-129 Superior 6.7%

110-119 High average 16.1%

90-109 Average 50%

80-89 Low average 16.1%

70-79 Borderline 6.7%

Below 70 Extremely low 2.2%