Question

Piaget's Stages:

Name the stage in which each of the following individuals appears to be functioning and explain your answer.  

1. Marti wants you to pick up his toy and put it in his crib so that he can drop it again.

2. Darnell is able to discuss the question, "What would happen if people would never become ill?"

3. From a group of objects, Mitsy chooses a straw, a pencil, and a ruler to form a group of "things that go together" because they are long and skinny.    

Piaget's Cognitive Abilities:
Respond to the following questions. Be sure to explain your answers. These questions are not asking for the stages of Piaget's theory.

4. A child gives his mom, who is sick, his favorite stuffed animal, and says, "This is a treat for you and will make you feel better." He thinks because the stuffed animal makes him feel better, it will also make his mom feel better. What phenomenon is being displayed by the child?

5. Johnny threatened to tell his parents when his older brother Paul gave him only one of the three candy bars they were supposed to share. Paul then took Johnny's bar, broke it in half, and gave him back the two pieces. This satisfied Johnny, because now he had two pieces just like Paul. What disadvantage does Johnny have that allows him to be cheated?     

6.  Sally is adept at roller skating goes ice skating for the first time. She keeps trying to stand and move just as she would on roller skates but she falls again and again. According to Piaget, what process is necessary for mastery of this skill?

  

Kohlberg's Levels of Moral Reasoning:

Four people have been asked to explain why stealing is wrong. From the explanations provided, identify the most likely level of Kohlberg's moral reasoning and explain your answers:

7.   Jenny believes lying is wrong because you could be caught and punished.

8. Joe believes lying is wrong because it can violate the law.   

9. Josh believes lying is wrong because it hurts the feelings of others.

10. Jim believes most lying is wrong. But in some case, like saving someone's life, it can be justified.

Answer 1

1. Sensorimotor stage : They focus on physical engagements with their immediate environment. They keep experimenting like throwing things or putting things in their mouths. They learn by trial and error method.

2. Formal operational stage: It is during this stage that children involve in forming hypothesis or evaluating possibilities. The stage marks intellectual development. They start using logic and abstraction.

3. Concrete operational stage: They are able to involve in concrete and logical reasoning even though they cannot do abstraction.