Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Question 1

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

First Stage

Answer 1

Sensorimotor Stage (Infancy)
* Age: 0-2 years
* Key Changes:
* Ability to use memory to recall object and events
* Understanding of world developed through sensory and physical experimentation

Question 2

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Stage Two

Answer 2

Pre-operational Stage (Toddler)
Age: 2 to 7 years
Key Changes:
Beginning of language through understanding of symbols
Egocentric
Significant growth in memory, imagination, and linear thinking (can think through events from start to finish)

Question 3

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Stage Three

Answer 3

Concrete Operational Stage (Childhood)
* Age: 7 to 11 years
* Key Changes:
* Ordering and classifying based on appearance
* developing ability to empathize
* simplistic understanding of math, geometry and physics

Question 4

Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

Stage Four

Answer 4

Formal Operational Stage (Adolescence and beyond)
* Age: 11-15
* Key Changes:
* Ability to draw conclusions based on hypotheses rather than objects
* Adolescent egocentrism
* Logical