PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY

WEEKDAY CLASS
ASSIGNMENT 4

The following assignment carries a total of 5 marks.

Junaid, an 8 year old boy, is able to understand the possibility of his friend not liking his mother
but he cannot understand the reason for it, despite knowing that his friend’s mother mistreats
him. Using concepts from Piaget’s cognitive stages of development explain the reason behind
Junaid’s lack of understanding. (5)

Junaid is on the pre-operational stage of cognitive development. Junaid ego centric right now
which means that has yet to develop the capability to understand other people’s perspective. That
is the reason behind why he cannot understand why his friend does not like his mother. However
he understand the possibility that his friend may not like his mother, the reason behind Junaid
can understand the possibility