Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, in my opinion, are like that of much of psychology: the theory is relatively logical, and might be accurate for some percentage of children in the world, but the conclusions drawn by Piaget are simply too specific and limiting to be applied realistically. In general, the Sensorimotor stage is the […]
Month: November 2018
Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg
What is the school’s role in moral development? To what degree is it the school’s role to encourage moral development? To what degree is it the family’s role to encourage moral development? What are your hunches as to some primary influences on moral development? With what aspects of Kohlberg’s stages do you agree? Kohlberg’s theories […]
Psychosocial Development: Erik Erikson
Erik Erikson’s theory states that each stage of life has psychological crises that need resolution; how we resolve each crisis determines how/if we move on to the next stage. To illustrate, consider this Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt stage situation: a chore needs to be done, but the child does not know how to do […]
Sociocognitive Development & Language: Lev Vgotsky
Who is Lev Vygotsky, and what is the Vygotskian Sociocognitive Theory? Lev Vygotsky was a Soviet psychologist in the 1920-30’s. He is best known for his research in educational psychology with a sociocultural/cognitive theory. Vygotsky’s theory suggested that a child’s cognitive development is dependent on social interaction and their cultural environment in forming their own […]
Mindset Ch 2: Inside the Mindsets
1. Benjamin Barber, an eminent sociologist, doesn’t divide the people in the world into the successes and failures. He divides them by mindset—into the learners and nonlearners. How do you divide people? I suppose I divide people into people who give up, and those who push through. That could be considered a fixed vs growth […]
Self-Esteem Pot Reflection #2
I feel particularly good about this round of notes for a couple reasons. I felt better about writing notes for the other girls this time because I actually know them a bit better now- the first time around I felt a bit fake because I was writing things that were surface level and couldn’t be […]
TCAD Survivor Ep 1: Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs Theory
Our first priorities were to get food, water, and shelter. That is in congruence with Maslow’s first level, physiological needs. After establishing those necessities, we went on to making a Bondfire and reassure everyone else’s mental state so that we wouldn’t go insane (it would probably get in the way of our survival if we […]