Piaget Flashcards
4 Stages of Cognitive Development
1
Q
1st stage?
A
Sensorimotor: Birth
2
Q
Sensoriomotor info?
A
- Infants learn about the world through senses
- ie hearing, seeing, grasping, pulling
- come to understand an object still exists when out of sight
3
Q
2nd stage?
A
Pre operational: 2- 7
4
Q
Pre Operational info?
A
- children use symbols, images and language to represent world
- cannot understand conservation
5
Q
3rd stage?
A
Concrete Operational: 7-12
6
Q
Concrete Operational info?
A
- perform basic mental problems involving physical objects
- begin to understand reversibility, conservation and egocentrism
7
Q
4th Stage?
A
Formal Operational: 12+
8
Q
Formal Operational info?
A
- Able to think logically and methodically about physical and abstract problems
- think more flexibly
- do hypothetical problems, forms and test problems
9
Q
What type of development does Piaget study?
A
Cognitive
10
Q
Acronym for Piaget?
A
SPCF
