Piaget: Cognitive Development

Question 1

0-1 mo

Answer 1

Reflexive Period

Survival Reflexes –> cause and effect experience

Question 2

1-4 mo

Answer 2

Primary Circular Reactions 
Reflexes replaced by voluntary acts
Grasp Objects w/in sight
Cooing & Smiling
Hand-eye coordination begins

Question 3

4-8 mo

Answer 3

Secondary Circular Reactions
Mastering Vol. Acts (Shake rattle –>noise)
Reach for object removed from Visual Field–>Start Object Permanence

Question 4

8-12mo

Answer 4

Coordination of Secondary Circular Reaction
Object permanence demonstrated
Put several items together–>end result

Question 5

12-18 mo

Answer 5

Tertiary Circular Reactions
Interest in novelty and repetition
Causality
Self from others

Question 6

18-24 mo

Answer 6

Mental Combinations
Think before acting
Imitations become more symbolic
Egocentric

Question 7

2-7 yrs

Answer 7

Pre-operational Stage
2-4 Pre-conceptual Phase
4-11 Intuitive Phase

Question 8

Pre-conceptual phase

Answer 8

2-4 yrs
Symbolic activity (baby doll= real baby)
Language developing

Question 9

Intuitive Phase

Answer 9

4-11 “Why”
Egocentrism
Animism
Centration

Question 10

Centration

Answer 10

focusing on 1 aspect of a situation/ task and ignoring other, possibly relevant aspects

Question 11

7-11 yrs

Answer 11

Concrete Operational Stage 
Classification 
Conservation 
Seriation 
Reversibility

Question 12

Seriation

Answer 12

order objects with respect to common property

i.e. height

Question 13

Reversibility

Answer 13

dog is a lab, that lab is a dog, that dog is an animal

Question 14

12+

Answer 14

Formal Operations Stage

Logical and Abstract Thought