cognitive developmental stages

Question 1

Piaget

Answer 1

Cognitive Development Stages:

• sensorimotor (0-2)
• preoperational (2-6)
• concrete operational (6-12)
• formal operational (after 12)

Question 2

Piaget criticisms

Answer 2

Piaget’s tools for assessing weren’t good enough and kids could do some things earlier, but just couldn’t demonstrate them. Also, some say that these stages are not that cut and dry and sometimes children can do some things in some areas but not in others

Question 3

Sensorimotor

Answer 3

(0-2)
these are little babies who think in terms of things they can touch and feel. It is during this stage that object permanence– the understanding that things that leave the visual field still exist [9 months]– develops along with stranger anxiety

Question 4

Preoperational

Answer 4

(2-6)
kids can’t think logically about abstractions, so fantasy is reality, imaginary friend and beliefs like Santa and the Easter bunny are real

Question 5

Concrete operational

Answer 5

(6-12)
kids do think logically about concrete things, so how could Santa go to all those houses in one night. They also learn that relationships go two ways and reversibility (“I have a sister and so does my sister(me)”). They learn conservation- liquid in a tall container is not necessarily more than liquid in a short, wide container.

Question 6

Formal operational

Answer 6

(after 12)
learn to think and reason abstractly about things like justice and to forecast the future based upon the past. Mature moral reasoning also develops.