Do you believe that two children in different ages should think in the same way about the fantasy of the spider-man? Piaget has introduced a famous theory of cognitive development. It has four stages of cognitive development based on the age of children, sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational. A 3-year-old child is in the preoperational stage of development. A child at the age of nine is in the concrete operational stage. There are some differences between their thinking patterns. Unlike older children, younger children fail at conservation or thinking irreversibility, and they think more logically rather than use only sense and motor skill.
First, a kid at the age of three cannot conserve and think irreversibly like a child at the age of nine. Children who are in the preoperational stage, like the 3-year-old child, fail at conservation because they cannot use centration ability and think irreversibility. For example, a 3-year boy cannot distinguish that a twenty-dollar bill is more than two five-dollar bills. He changes his twenty-dollar bill with two five-dollar bills and still happy and excited. He comes to …show more content…
So, they think in different ways; and different features have influences on their thought. A 3-year-old child, who stands on the preoperational stage, thinks less logically, uses more sense, and understands through symbolic thinking. However, a 9-year-old kid, who belongs to the concrete operational stage, thinks more logically and asks more. In addition, children in the preoperational stage cannot use conservation, and they think irreversibility. However, the children in concrete operational ages have the capability of conservation and reversible thinking. The thinking pattern is completely different in these two categories of Piaget’s
First, a kid at the age of three cannot conserve and think irreversibly like a child at the age of nine. Children who are in the preoperational stage, like the 3-year-old child, fail at conservation because they cannot use centration ability and think irreversibility. For example, a 3-year boy cannot distinguish that a twenty-dollar bill is more than two five-dollar bills. He changes his twenty-dollar bill with two five-dollar bills and still happy and excited. He comes to …show more content…
So, they think in different ways; and different features have influences on their thought. A 3-year-old child, who stands on the preoperational stage, thinks less logically, uses more sense, and understands through symbolic thinking. However, a 9-year-old kid, who belongs to the concrete operational stage, thinks more logically and asks more. In addition, children in the preoperational stage cannot use conservation, and they think irreversibility. However, the children in concrete operational ages have the capability of conservation and reversible thinking. The thinking pattern is completely different in these two categories of Piaget’s