Piaget's Theory Of Cognitive Development

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Eli Reischl Catch in the Rye by B.F. Skinner Piaget's theory of cognitive development: Piaget’s stages of cognitive development are the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage. To start the book Holden is getting kicked out of his current school. He has already failed out of three other schools and is not looking forward to telling his parents he has just failed out of the fourth school that they paid for. Holden is in the fourth stage, the formal operational stage. According to piaget, in this stage people think ahead to solve problems, and in this situation, that is what Holden is trying to do to deal with his parents and getting kicked out of school. also, In this stage, people compare the results of what might happen from the choices that they could make and then they decide what path to choose. Holden is doing this when deciding how to tell his parents what had happened Mental age: Mental age is the chronological age that most typically corresponds to a given level of performance. On page 9 Holden states: “I also say ‘Boy!’ quite a lot. Partly because i have a lousy vocabulary and partly because i act quite young for my age sometimes i was sixteen then and i’m seventeen now and sometimes i act like i’m about thirteen.” The way that you act or perform on an intelligence test determines your chronological age which therefore defines your mental age. the author uses this to depict Holden’s disorder although he never states what disorder he has. ego: the ego is the executive part of one’s personality; the part that largely makes us who we are. Holden shows concern for his mother’s feelings while he is packing. On page 51 Holden states: “One thing about packing depresse... ... middle of paper ... ...e was able to think straight he wouldn't have said yes to the prostitute. If freud’s stages hold true then the motivation for this would have been his maturation of sexual interests. self-serving bias: Self-serving bias is the readiness to perceive oneself favorably. Throughout chapter 10 when talking about the lavender club he talks down upon just about everything from “a few pimply looking boys” and “whory looking blondes” to the “band was putrid.” On page 69 he states “Except for a few pimply looking guys, and a few whory looking blondes the lobby was empty.” He talks about waving money under the waiters nose as if he were the king of the place showing abnormal arrogance when it isn’t warranted. Almost as if he is better than everyone else, which could be the self-serving bias because he perceives himself favorably in contrast to everyone else in the club.

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