Piaget

Question 1

Piaget’s Theory of _______________

Answer 1

Cognitive development.

Question 2

4 stages:

Answer 2

Sensorimotor, Preoperational, Concrete operations, and formal operations.

Question 3

Limitations of Piaget’s Theory:

Answer 3

• limitations of theory of formal operations.
• Individual differences in the attainment of formal operations
• the cultural basis of adolescent cognitive development.

Question 4

Sensorimotor:

Answer 4

-Ages 0-2
-Learn to coordinate the activities of senses with motor activities (watching an object pass by
and reaching/grabbing the object).

Question 5

Preoperational:

Answer 5

-Ages 2-7
-Symbolic representation (using a broom to represent a horse) limited to use mental
operations.

Question 6

Concrete operations:

Answer 6

-Ages 7-11
-Capable of using mental operations, but only in concrete, immediate
experience;difficulty thinking hypothetically.

Question 7

Formal operations:

Answer 7

-Ages 11-15/20
-Capable of thinking logically and abstract. learn to think systematically about
possibilities and hypothesis. (pendulum problem).