Piaget’s theory of cognitive development suggests several stages in children’s learning to understand how intelligence and individualism develop. With the advent of new technology, the developmental stages are shifting, as virtually limitless possibilities allow children and adults to develop more quickly and easily (Kaplan, 2018). One might expect that in today’s realities, Piaget’s experiments could be slightly different. Firstly, the conditions of experience would have changed and become more expansive; secondly, the results would have been different. Piaget’s findings are expected to be related to features of the rate of development of cognitive thought abstractions, which should improve at age two. In addition, he could included specific thinking about causality and connections, which with the availability of the Internet, is easier to understand.
In the future, there will likely be changes in age differentiation, and the rate of development will increase. The stages would remain the same and serve the same purposes. The experience speed could be higher but still require several years of interaction with the world around us. The most significant change would be seen in the stage of specific exploitation, as children would have facilitated the perception of the problem and the search for solutions.
Each step would still have been a continuation of the previous one, flowing naturally from the gradual accumulation of experience and knowledge about the environment and their cognitive development. However, the boundaries could be more blurred and indistinct: the Internet and electronic devices allows children to get ahead of themselves and receive information out of age (Kaplan, 2018). The stages could move the boundaries earlier by a couple of years, but children will not miss out on certain things. Most likely, when they missed it, they can self-recognize the loss of part of the causal part and learned to go back for understanding and enrichment. I do not think technological advances can change the body’s adaptation tactics to the environment so much at this time. The cognitive development is an adaptation, and so far, the Internet is making it easier for us to do so, not stopping it.
Reference
Kaplan, D. (2018). Piagetian theory in online teacher education. Creative Education, 9, 831-837. Web.