Everyone thinks their sibling, cousin, or child is the cutest and smartest baby, but really I think my 3 year old cousin is the smartest AND the cutest. In Chapter 10, you can read about Piaget's Stages of Development: Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete Operations, and Formal Operations. Reading this made me think of my little cousin Elizabeth immediately. When she was about two, I was playing with her outside. I picked up a rock and pretended it was a cookie, then pretended to eat it. She looks at me and tells me "thats not a cookie thats a rock". I thought she was so smart for being so literal, but after understanding Piaget's preoperational stage I have come to realize that she had not yet developed any symbolic behavior. A couple months later when I saw her, she put on one of my old Arby's hats and we started role playing, she asked me if I wanted curly fries, what I would like to drink etc. When I asked her if I could have a sandwich with onions on it she replied "I suppose so", then pretended to right down the order. Now she has gone deeper into the preoperational stage by being able to see the world from a different person's point of view, known as egocentrism.
Tiny Human, Big Brain.
I think that one of the most interesting things about psychological development is about how much of it is from nature and how much is from nurture. Do people get smarter at a faster rate because of their god given talent, or is it due to the education opportunities that are available to them? Great Post though!
Very great way of relating the stuff we have learned to personal life and showing the different levels of development. You did a great job explaining each level that your cousin was in and providing information proving it.
This was a great way to relate a topic to your life! You did a good job at defining and illustrating the different stages of development. It was very descriptive and detailed.
Way to make the topic personal. My mother, and one of her siblings like to say that they had to two smartest children. My brother could spell works like alligator at age 2, and was reading at age three. Since I'm the younger sibling I can't look back on how he went through the stages of development, but I can say that he sure is smart. He recently graduated in 5 years with a bachelors and a masters in nuclear engineering from UW-Madison. I'm sure your little cousin will go on to do big things.
Great job at making the topic more relevant by attaching it to one of your own personal experiences. It is crazy how in just a few months, your cousin had transferred into a whole new stage in her development. I find it fascinating how fast the human mind develops at these young ages. Great blog post!
I think it's really great that you could apply this topic to something in your life. Things always make more sense when you can apply them to real life situations. I'll have to agree, she is quite the cutie. It's interesting to hear how she goes through the growth stages compared to other little kids. Interesting post, well done!
Very nice post! I think it is awesome that you can relate Piaget's stages of development to your own life. She certainly does sound like a very smart girl and it is amazing that you could actually observe the stages taking place and changing!
This is a very interesting topic! It is cool to learn about the stages that everyone goes through when they grow up. I would also say from your story that it sounds like your cousin is very smart for her age! I wonder if any scientists will make breakthroughs in the near future regarding this topic.