Piaget Cogintive development stages Flashcards
what is Piagets theory?
Children are born with a basic mental structure, which provides the structure for future learning and knowledge
what is the name of Piagets theory
cognitive development
did Piaget think that intellectual development happens in stages ?
yes
would a child only go into the next intellectual stage if they had completed the previous one ?
yea
how many stages of piagets developments are there ?
4
where the 4 different stages an average age range or precise ?
average
True or false : Piaget argued that younger children don’t have the capability’s that older children have
true
what was the first stage of cognitive development ?
sensorimotor (0-2)
what age range was sensorimotor ?
0-2
what was the second cognitive development stage ?
pre-operational (2-6)
what age range was pre-operational
2-6
what was the third cognitive development stage ?
concrete operational (7-12)
what age range was concrete operational ?
7-12
what was the fourth cognitive development stage ?
formal operational (12-adulthood)
what was the age range for formal operational ?
12- adulthood
what is one of the main things that happen in sensorimotor stage ?
the child begins to interact with the environment through sensory and motor contact, Object permanence and separation anxiety develop
what is one of the main things that happen in pre-operational stage ?
the child begins to represent the world symbolically, using symbols (words and images) to represent objects, but doesn’t reason logically. Has the ability to pretend, the child is egocentric
what is one of the main things that happen in concrete stage ?
the child learns rules such as conservation, can think logically and add and subtract
what is one of the main things that happen in formal operational stage ?
can reason abstractly and think in hypothetical terms and think about future
