cognitive development experiment
The experiment that we did yesterday was on cognitive development of children aging from 5 to 7. We did 2 major parts of experiment; Egocentrism, Conservation.
One of the experiments was the test of egocentrism, we ask them many questions on egocentrism, such as why is the sun shine, why is there snow and etc. Most of the children did not answer it correctly. Most of the children gave answers such as because green is my favorite color. But there were some exceptions, some children developed faster than other, they said the grass was green because it is like that. We could see that some children develop faster than other children, but they were about the same stage, since none of them answered the brother and sister question correctly.
Another experiment we conducted was about conservation of matter, they were given two identical flasks with the same amount of fluid. We later pour the content of one glass into a different shaped container, and ask them which one has more. Some of the children said they were the same amount since it has the same amount of fluid in the beginning, other children said the one in the graduated cylinder was more because it is higher. Again we could see that they are develop at different speed, this is mostly because of genetic, diet, and the environment. There were one strange thing about this experiment; the child who answered the conservation of fluid correctly did not answer the clay question correctly. I think this is because of the language problem; he was able to understand what was asked in the first experiment but not the second.
From these experiments, we could state that Piaget was correct about the stages of cognitive development. Most of the children did not fully develop their cognitive ability. However Piaget was wrong on the time periods of the stages, every child develops at different speed.
One of the experiments was the test of egocentrism, we ask them many questions on egocentrism, such as why is the sun shine, why is there snow and etc. Most of the children did not answer it correctly. Most of the children gave answers such as because green is my favorite color. But there were some exceptions, some children developed faster than other, they said the grass was green because it is like that. We could see that some children develop faster than other children, but they were about the same stage, since none of them answered the brother and sister question correctly.
Another experiment we conducted was about conservation of matter, they were given two identical flasks with the same amount of fluid. We later pour the content of one glass into a different shaped container, and ask them which one has more. Some of the children said they were the same amount since it has the same amount of fluid in the beginning, other children said the one in the graduated cylinder was more because it is higher. Again we could see that they are develop at different speed, this is mostly because of genetic, diet, and the environment. There were one strange thing about this experiment; the child who answered the conservation of fluid correctly did not answer the clay question correctly. I think this is because of the language problem; he was able to understand what was asked in the first experiment but not the second.
From these experiments, we could state that Piaget was correct about the stages of cognitive development. Most of the children did not fully develop their cognitive ability. However Piaget was wrong on the time periods of the stages, every child develops at different speed.
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