Leo is 4 years old. When playing with his toys, he insists that his toy dinosaur is feeling sad and needs to be wrapped in a blanket. Later, when his father pours his juice from a short, wide plastic cup into a tall, narrow glass, Leo is delighted because he believes he now has more juice.
Maya is 9 years old. She understands that pouring the juice into a different glass does not change the amount. However, when her teacher presents her with a hypothetical problem: 'If feather-touching can break glass, and Dawn taps a window with a feather, what happens to the window?', Maya insists, 'Nothing happens, because a feather is soft!'
Discuss Piaget's theory of cognitive development. Refer to Leo and Maya in your answer.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Piaget's theory of cognitive development with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 59 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
