Development Discussion

Discussion: This week, we learned about Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, fixed vs. growth mindset, infant attachment, and parenting styles.

APPLICATION TASK: Try to apply your knowledge of Piaget’s stages to real-life examples.

  • If you have young children, try experimenting some of Piaget’s tasks with your kids and tell us what happened.
    • Object Permanence – Obscure an object and know it’s still there
    • Egocentrism/Theory of Mind
    • – Alter the volume, quantity, or size
    • Deductive Reasoning – If you hit a glass with a feather, it will break
  • Based on their understanding, what stage would you classify them at?

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APPLICATION TASK: Try to find pop culture examples of Baumrind’s Parenting Styles, Childhood Attachment styles, or people praising children using growth or fixed mindset.

  • Find images or video clips of “TV families” or “TV children” who illustrate the concepts of specific parenting styles or attachment styles — Explain why you selected the label you did.
  • Find video clips of parents or teachers who are praising children using fixed or growth mindset language. What is good or bad about their approach?

Here are some concepts from this week that you might reference:

  • Piaget stages (sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational)
  • Theory of mind/egotism
  • Conservation tasks
  • Attachment styles

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