Essay On Reply To A Post

It is true that he development of a human being comes in stages, from the moment a baby is born and produces the first cry, the moment it tries to open its mouth and very many other developmental milestones that come before it becomes an adult. Piaget brings this whole process to focus and it turns out to be an insight of what should be expected at each and every stage. Considering this and what my classmate wrote I do also believe that the sensorimotor stage is very important in the development of a child but disagree that that egocentrism development in the preoperational stage which is between the ages of two and seven is less important.
It is for a fact too that the sensory motor development does not only develop the reflexes but also the intellectual abilities of the child. If a child touches a hot plate and withdraws their hands immediately because they get burnt, they will register that that hot plate is not good to touch and one can be sure that that won’t happen again. Aside from withdrawing he hand and putting the reflexes to action, the infant will have learnt something from that experience.
When it comes to egocentrism, the definition my classmate gave about it is inaccurate. Egocentrism is the inability exhibited by a child whereby the child cannot see a situation from another person’s viewpoint. The child assumes that the other person sees things just like they see them. Piaget asserts that the child assumes that everyone else sees, hears and feels just like they do. I believe that the child should develop the skill of appreciating the fact that other people think, feel and see things differently and this should occur in an early stage because this is what makes children throw tantrums at times which make them fail to understand other people and everything that is around them.