psychology two questions n their answer
1) Describes the cognitive development of adolescence and its educational implication . Piaget's (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment. Piaget proposed four stages of cognitive development which reflect the increasing sophistication of children's thought: 1. Sensorimotor stage (birth to age 2) 2. Pre-operational stage (from age 2 to age 7) 3. Concrete operational stage (from age 7 to age 11) 4. Formal operational stage (age 11+ - adolescence and adulthood). Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority).Adolescence is usually associated with the teenage years but its physical, psychological or cultural e...
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