Piaget

Question 1

Sensorimonitor thought

Answer 1

0-2 years old

a. retains image of objects
b. develops primitive logic in manipulating objects
c. beings intentional actions
d. play is imitative
e. signal meaning begins: infant invests meaning in an event; i.e. babysitter arrives means mother is leaving

f. symbolic meaning (language) begins in last part of this phase.

Question 2

Preoperational thought

Answer 2

2-7 years old

a. language development facilitates further development of symbolic functioning to occur
b. night terrors and magical thinking

c. begins to acquire math symbols, music symbols, and other codes.
d. thinking is not generalized; it is:
1. concrete
2. irreversible
3. egocentric
4. centered on one detail or event

Question 3

Concrete Operations

Answer 3

7-11 years old

a. beginnings of abstract thought
b. plays games with rules; fairness is an issue
c. cause-effect relationship understood
d. can comprehend past, present, future
e. logical implications are understood
f. thinking is independent of experience
g. thinking is reversible
h. rules of logic are developing

Question 4

Formal Operations

Answer 4

11 + years old

a. higher level of abstraction; hypothesis testing.
b. construction of ideals
c. planning for future
d. can take the perspective of others
e. assumes adult roles and responsibilities