Q 11: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Q 11: COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT

1. PIAGET

   • ADOLESCENT MARKS END
   • 4 ASPECTS
     • HYPOTHETICO-DECUCTIVE
       • SYSTEMATIC STEP BY STEP
     • THINKING 1 FRAMEWORK
     • GOAL= 1 CORRECT SOLUTION
     • UNCONSTRAINED BY REALITY
   • NO CONSTRAINTS
   • IMPLEMENT= IRRELEVANT
   • DECISIONS MADE= IMPOSSIBLE TO IMPLEMENT
   • NOT UNIVERSAL

2. POST FORMAL THOUGHT

   • RIEGEL (1973)
     • FIFTH STAGE DEVELOPMENT
     • FORMAL OPERATIONS= LIMITED
       • APPLICABILITY
       • HYPOTHETICAL
   • CHARACTERISED
     • TRUTH VARIES
     • SOLUTIONS
     • AMBIGUITY + CONTRADICTION
     • EMOTIONS + SUBJECTIVE
   • PERRY (1970)
     • COGNITIVE + ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT
     • FOUR STAGES MENTAL + MORAL DEVELOPMENT
       • DUALISM
         • PROBLEM SOLVABLE
       • MULTIPLICITY
         • MORE THAN 1 SOLUTION
         • NO SOLUTION
         • OPINIONS MATTER
       • RELATIVISM
         • KNOWLEDGE = CONTEXTUAL
       • COMMITMENT
         • INTEGRATION KNOWLEDGE
         • PERSONAL EXPERIENCE + REFLECTION
   • KING AND KITCHENER (1994)
     • REFLECTIVE JUDGEMENT
       • REASON DILEMMAS
     • 7 STAGES
       • PRE-REFLECTIVE THOUGHT (1-3)
         • SOLUTIONS DON'T EXIST
       • QUASI-REFLECTIVE THOUGHT (4-5)
         • ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY
       • TRUE REFLECTIVE JUDGEMENT (6-7)
         • EVIDENCE + ARGUMENT
         • CONTINUALLY RE-EVALUATE
       • PROGRESSION = GRADUAL + QUALITATIVE