cognition and development

Question 1

what are piaget’s stages of cognitive development

Answer 1

• sensorimotor (0-2 years)
• pre-operational (2-7 years)
• concrete operational (7-11 years)
• formal operational (11+ years)

Question 2

what is the sensorimotor stage

Answer 2

• babies learn through senses and motor skills
• explore their environment to build schemas
• lack object permanence, develops at 8 months

Question 3

what is the pre-operational stage

Answer 3

• variety of schemas but unable to combine them in a logical way
• mobile and can use language but lack logical reasoning
• infants are egocentric, cannot conserve

Question 4

what is the concrete operations stage

Answer 4

• think logically and have better reasoning skills
• struggle with abstract ideas
• can conserve
• no longer make errors in reasoning as long as the task is concrete