Piaget Cognitive Development Theory

Question 1

Sensorimotor stage

Answer 1

Birth- 2 years of age
Object permanence learned
First stage of child’s mental development which mainly involves sensation and motor skills such as hearing, sight, feel , taste ,move, manipulate, bite, chew and so on

Question 2

Preoperational stage

Answer 2

2–7 years of age
Imagination/experience grow
Children use their mental ability to represent events in objects in various ways like using symbols, gestures, and even communication

Question 3

Concrete –Operational stage

Answer 3

7-11 Years of age
Conservation, numbers, ideas, classifications
Child becomes more stable, think operationally, and use more logical reasoning rather than intuitive thought

Question 4

Formal –Operational stage

Answer 4

11 years to Adulthood
** ethics, politics, social/moral issues explored**
Becomes more systematic and reasonable and they cannot only reason of tangible objects and events but also they possess capability of reasoning and thinking and more abstract, hypothetical, and idealistic ways.