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This case study is based on Piaget’s theory of Cognitive development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development is a comprehensive theory about the nature and development of human intelligence that is based mainly off of age, and was first developed by Jean Piaget. I will be testing this theory out on a six year old boy who I will call “Jordan.” I will be checking to see if Jordan falls in to the Preoperational stage of Cognitive development which ranges from age 2 until approximately age 7 and if he is in transition to Concrete Operational stage which ranges from age 7 until about 11 years. The following questions will be answered: Does he interpret language literally? Does he understand conservation? Does he think of things in terms of his own activities? Does he solve problems by pretending or imitating? Does Jordan have approximately 2000 words in his vocabulary? Jordan lives with his Mom and Dad who I will call “Jenny and John” and older brother “Caleb” who is 10. John travels frequently –because he is a pilot for Jet Blue Airlines. Jenny went to college to study in flight attending services, she worked as a flight attendant for 5 years but then she got married and had kids so she took some time off and was a stay at home mom. She just recently got back into working and she works part time at Costco during the winter and in the spring, fall, and summer she works at a Vineyard. Jordan’s family has moved over 3 times to different states because of his dad’s piloting job, they have lived in Ohio, Kansas, and now currently living in Minnesota, this has also affected Jenny from getting a job full-time. Jordan is in Kindergarten at Minnewashta Spanish Emersion Elementary. He really loves to play outside during recess with his frien... ... middle of paper ... ...ing one language. This is normal for a child learning two languages at a time. Jordan defiantly has a larger vocabulary list than most six year olds. After studying Jordan I saw the Jordan is in the Preoperational stage of Cognitive Development but is not quite in transition because he takes statements literally, he isn’t able to tell that the amount of water in 2 different cups has stayed the same, He thinks that what he wants is what other people want, he shows what he wants in a physically and verbally, and Jordan has a vocabulary of more than 2000 words. The most surprising part of my experiment was when Jordan started speaking Spanish to me quite well and we had a small conversation because of this, I learned that Jordan is very intelligent and the future looks bright for him because he is learning a language that I am learning but he is 2 xs younger than me.

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