Cognitive Development Theory of Jean Piaget and its Application to Health and Wellbeing

Health and Wellbeing Across
the Lifespan
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
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INTRODUCTION
It is important for human being to maintain well being in their entire life span. This is
because there are various factors which influence health of people in different population.
Moreover, they all follow different ethics and values as per their cultural norms. However, there
are different theories of human development that is applied. Each theory is having its own
features. During entire lifespan there occurs many developments in communities. This brings in
change in health and well being of human. There are some implications of theory in practice as
well.
This essay will describe about cognitive development theory of Jean Piaget and how it
applies to health and well being.
MAIN BODY
Social, culture and economic context influence health and well being as any change in social
or economic factor impact on health. For example- some people prefer to eat veg as per their
cultural ethics. So, their lifestyle is good as compared to non veg.
In health and well being there are different types of theories which is available and applied.
The theories state that how development of human being occur and in what stage. Similarly, here
cognitive development theory of Jean Piaget is explained. This is as follows:
He stated that intelligence changes as child grows. Also, development of child is not only
acquiring knowledge but also to develop mental model of world. So, cognitive development refer
to long term changes which occurs in thinking process (Cognitive development: The theory of
Jean Piaget, 2018). Piaget said that learning is inter play of assimilation and accommodation. In
this the to and fro process led to long term development changes. Along with that, Piaget gave 4
stages of cognitive development that are sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational and
formal operational. Thus, the stages are as follows
Sensorimotor (birth to age 2)- In this age children learn about world with their sense and
actions. Cognitive ability such as self recognition, object permanence, etc. develop in it.
Preoperational (age 2- 7)- It is an age in which children represent world with language and
mental image. They start thinking logically and show animism. Thus, there is progress made
towards cognitive development.
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