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Stages Of Growth Is Important: There are three broad stages of equilibrium, the sensori motor, the stage of concrete operations and the sta0e of formal operations. Overlaying this relatively simply model, Piaget offered two further concepts that characterise the growth of understanding as it proceeds through these stages. The first is that of decentrarion, the progressively developing ability of the child to realise that her perception of reality is not the only one, and that to achieve a more objective understanding of reality she must leam to align her own perceptions of reality with those reported by others.
Human consciousness is a complex and organically developing phenomenon in which we all share and of which we all struggle to make sense. An analogy might be made with medical understanding of the organism. A study of the developing physiological system gives us insights into the nature and control of various conditions. A study of how the body reacts to certain events in its early stages of growth is important to our understanding of how it functions later in life. Similarly it might be argued with the development of understanding.
All insects, with the exception of the most primitive forms, pass through several stages in their development from the egg to the adult. This is called metamorphosis, meaning to transform. If there are four stages, viz: egg, larva, pupa, adult, the metamorphosis is said to be complete. If but three stages occur, viz: egg, nymph, adult, the metamorphosis is said to be incomplete. |
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