Piaget

Question 1

Sensorimotor

Answer 1

Birth-2 Years

Infants “think” by acting on the world with their eyes, ears, hands, and mouth.

Question 2

Preoperational

Answer 2

2-7 Years

Use symbols to represent sensorimotor discoveries. Develops language/make-believe play. Lacks much logic

Question 3

Concrete operational

Answer 3

7-11 years
Reasoning becomes logical. Matter does not change just because shape changes. Can organize objects into hierarchies. Thought not yet abstract.

Question 4

Formal operational

Answer 4

11 years to older

Capacity for abstraction and can think of all possible outcomes in a scientific problem