6200 Discussion 1 – Week 5 Response
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Stages and Concepts of Development
Within Play
Think about the last time you shopped
for toys. Perhaps you were buying toys for your own children or children of
friends or family. If you shopped online, one of the filters you probably used
to find an appropriate toy was age range. While toy manufacturers designate
specific age ranges due to the choking hazards associated with the item, they
also take child development into account. They know that designing a 250-piece
puzzle is neither appropriate nor useful for a 2-year-old who has limited
sensory and motor skills. In this discussion, you will reflect on a favorite
toy or game as a child and determine which stage of Piaget’s theory of
cognitive development you were in when you played with it.
To prepare for this Discussion
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Review this week’s Learning Resources on Piaget’s cognitive
development theory. Pay particular attention to the description of each state
of cognitive development.
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Consider a favorite toy or game you played with during childhood
or adolescence.
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Using Piaget’s theory, identify the stage of development you were
in when you played with this toy or game. How did the skills evident in that
stage affect how you played with your toy or game?
By Day 3
Post a response to the following:
Describe your favorite toy or game as a
child. Indicate at which cognitive stage of development you were when you
played with this toy and explain how your play reflected that stage of
cognitive development. Provide scholarly citations and references to support your
post.
Note: Support your postings and responses with specific references
to the Learning Resources and any additional sources you identify using both
in-text citations and references. It is strongly recommended that you include
proper APA format and citations.
By Day 5
Respond to at least two of
your colleagues’ posts by identifying a key concept (e.g., scheme,
assimilation, accommodation, object permanence) that is present in the play
being described and explaining how that concept is exemplified.
Return to this Discussion in a few days
to read the responses to your initial posting. Note what you have learned
and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.
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Jose (Please
write a response to Jose with references)
RE: Discussion 1 – Week 5
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One
of the first games I became engulfed by as a child was Pokémon. Nearly everyone
in the world knows what Pokémon is, but for me it was more than a game. During
the “intense’ battles, there was strategy and multiple levels to the game that
needed to be understood to play.
Jean Piaget
developed 4 primary stages for children’s development. Of the four stages,
there is one that can be utilized for my time in Pokémon, when I was around 7-8
years of age. The Concrete Operational stage is a period between the ages of 7-11 when more logical
reasoning is being developed (Berk, 2018). Pokémon was like a game of chess,
with lower-level creatures needed as pawns, as much as higher levels to gain
victory. One aspect of the concrete operational stage is the ability to take objects
and arrange them into hierarchies (Berk, 2018). By viewing the cards and
information provided in front of me, I was able to distinguish between lower
level and higher-level creatures. This developmental skill would allow me to
ensure I was utilizing the best cards by rank and power.
Though it
was a simple game, there was strategy that needed to be mastered for victory.
Piaget’s Formal Operations stage is estimated to begin around 11-years-old (Berk,
2018). However, I believe I was developing similar skills when I was playing
Pokémon between the ages of 7 and 8-years-of-age. The formal operations stage
relates to the ability to think abstractly about situations and systematically
problem solving by thinking more logically about outcomes (DeWolfe, 2019). To
do well in the game, players had to think 3 or 4 moves ahead. There was
constant adapting and reanalyzing my moves and my opponents, every turn.
DeWolfe (2019) discussed the development process of being able to better
hypothesize outcomes, was noted in the formal operations stage. Though a kid’s
game, it helped me with the developmental process between the concrete
operational stage and formal operations stage.
References
Berk, L. E. (2018). Development through the lifespan (7th
ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson
Education.
DeWolfe, T. E. (2019). Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive
development. Salem Press Encyclopedia of
Health.
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