The Child and Adolescent Learners and

Learning Principles
By: Pearlyn P. Carser
Quiz # 5:
DIRECTIONS: THIS QUIZ FOCUSES ON A STORY INVOLVING THE
INTERACTION OF FAMILY MEMBERS. CHOOSE A STORY YOU WANT TO USE
FOR THIS. IT CAN BE FROM A STORY YOU HAVE READ OR A MOVIE OR
“TELENOVELA” THAT YOU WATCHED OR PLAN TO WATCH. USE THE MATRIX
BELOW TO RELATED THE CHARACTERS TO PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT. DIRECTIONS: THIS QUIZ FOCUSES ON A STORY INVOLVING
THE INTERACTION OF FAMILY MEMBERS. CHOOSE A STORY YOU WANT TO
USE FOR THIS. IT CAN BE FROM A STORY YOU HAVE READ OR A MOVIE OR
“TELENOVELA” THAT YOU WATCHED OR PLAN TO WATCH. USE THE MATRIX
BELOW TO RELATED THE CHARACTERS TO PIAGET’S STAGES OF COGNITIVE
DEVELOPMENT.

Title of Story/Movie:
BRAVE

Write a brief summary of the story:

The movie Brave follows Merida, a young princess expected to enter into an
arranged
marriage that will unite the clans in her kingdom. With the goal of changing
her mother's stance on this marriage, allowing Merida to make her own
choice, our princess consults a witch for a magic spell. Unfortunately, the
spell turns her mother into a bear. Through the guidance of a riddle left by
the witch; Merida must mend the bond she once tore. Throughout the
movie, she progressively understands the riddle differently, moving from the
concrete idea of sewing up a tapestry, to the more abstract, and true
solution of repairing the relationship she has with her mother. As she
matures, Merida experiences each of Piaget's stages of cognitive
development.
Character Description Piagetian Connection

Jean Piaget was one of the pioneers in

Father cognitive development, she developed the
4 stages of cognitive development which
are the sensorimotor stage, the
Preoperational stage, the concrete
operational stage, and the formal
operational stage. With the help of
Piaget's theory, cognitive development
helped add up to our understanding of
children's intellectual growth. Always
remember that kids are constantly
exploring and experimenting as they
shape their understanding of how the
world works.
Queen Elinor is a severe and obstinate
mother authoritarian influence in Merida's life at
first. She expects Merida to follow in her
footsteps as queen, adhering to the
kingdom's conventions and traditions.
Despite her differing opinions on
Merida's yearning for independence and
freedom, she just wants the best for her
daughter. She is depicted as a strict
teacher who demands complete
obedience from Merida. Her relationship
with her daughter is strained as a result
of this. Merida's inner personality is
suffocated by her ignorance in her
search for tradition and responsibility.
Elinor is incredibly elegant and ladylike,
which is appropriate for her role as
queen. She is well-educated and
knowledgeable, and she appreciates the
importance of her duty as a diplomat for
the kingdom. Elinor is very elegant and
ladylike, befitting her role as the queen.
She understands the importance of her
role as a diplomat of the kingdom and is
very educated and knowledgeable

Children Sensorimotor stage: Because this stage

covers the period in a child’s life when
they use solely their five senses to
understand the world, Merida goes
through this stage at a very young age
before the beginning of the movie.

Preoperational Stage: After her mother

turns full bear, Merida recognizes the
severity of her situation. Finding herself
in the ruins of the former home to a
prince, who traded his human soul for
the strength of ten men, she comes
across a large slab of broken stone with
bust of the bear prince and his brothers.
Therefore, she decides to mend her
mother’s newly torn tapestry in order to
reverse the witch’s spell. At this point,
her thought process has become more
comprehensive, but she is still not to
the point that she can reason past the
concrete representations in her world.

Concrete Operational Stage: In the

movie; this stage of Merida’s
development relates to the expectation
held over her head to marry a boy from
another clan. She uses her experiences
and her mother’s pantomimed guidance
to reason with the clan leaders,
explaining the marriage from her point
of view. Through this speech, she
demonstrates her ability to reason
logically and organize her thoughts
using real life experiences, and the aid
of other concrete representations of
concepts.

Formal Operational Stage: Merida

begins to transcend the barrier between
concrete and abstract reasoning at the
end of the movie, realizing the bond in
the witch’s story is not tangible, but the
invisible tie between her and her
mother. She is now ready to rule the
 kingdom without the support of a
husband because her thought process is
more advanced than many adults, and
she is able to prepare for future, for
which she has no concrete
representation.
Others: The Witch comes off as an eccentric and
Witch seemingly harmless old lady who
wishes to sell her products. Although
she lives a rather recluse life, she
expresses interest in whoever visits her
cottage as a potential customer.
 ACTIVITY NO.5:
READ A RESEARCH THAT IS RELATED TO PIAGET’S
THEORY. FILL OUT THE MATRIX BELOW.

Research Methodology

Various characteristics as described by Jean Piaget specific for

Problem the age group 4-7 years along with those of the previous
(preconception stage of preoperational period) and successive
To assess Piaget's principles of the intuitive stage of periods (concrete operations) were analyzed using various
preoperational period among 4-7-year-old children relative to experiments in 300 children. These characteristics included the
their intelligence quotient (IQ). concepts of perceptual and cognitiveegocentrism, centration
and reversibility. IQ of the children was measured using Seguin
form board test. Inferential statistics were performed using Chi-
square test and Kruskal Wallis test. The level of statistical
significance was set at 0.05.
Source: (bibliographical entry format
Goswami, M. (2017), Prevalence of
Principles of Piaget's Theory Among
4-7-year-old Children and their
Correlation with IQ. Journal of Clinical
and Diagnostic Research

Conclusion
Findings

Perceptual egocentrism had almost disappeared and prevalence of

The Prevalence of perceptual and cognitive egocentrism 10.7%
cognitive egocentrism decreased with increase in age. Centartion
and 31.7% based on the experiments and 33% based on the
and lack of reversibility were appreciated in most of the children.
interview question. Centration wa present in 96.3% in the
There was a appreciated in most of the children. There was a
children. About 99% children lacked the concept according to
gradual reduction in the prevalence of these characters with
the interview question. The mean IQ score of children who
increasing age. Mean Iq score of children who possessed
possessed perceptual egocentrism, cognitive egocentrism and
perceptual egocentrism, cognitive egocentrism and egocentrism in
egocentrism in dental setting was significantly higher than those
dental setting was higher.
who lacked these characteristics.
Reflection no. 5
This shows how children think, explore and figure things out. It is the development of
knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions, which help children to think about and
understand the world around them. Brain development is part of cognitive development.
Piaget's theory explains cognitive development from childhood all the way to adulthood in 4
phases. Suggested is that knowledge does not quantitatively accumulate, but rather as an
individual goes through the stages, the way they think about things changes. To Piaget,
cognitive development was a progressive reorganization of mental processes as a result of
biological maturation and environmental experience. Children construct an understanding of
the world around them, then experience discrepancies between what they already know and
what they discover in their environment.
Piaget recommended that teachers take an active, mentoring role toward students. Instead of
pushing information at students while they sit and listen passively, share the learning
experience and encourage students to be active and engaged. Take your students seriously and
respect their ideas, suggestions and opinions.