Piaget's Cognitive Development Theory

Question 1

What is the first stage?

Answer 1

Sensorimotor (0-2 years)

Question 2

What occurs during the sensorimotor stage?

Answer 2

Coordination of senses with motor response, sensory curiosity about the world;
Language used for demands and cataloguing;
Object permanence developed

Question 3

What is the second stage?

Answer 3

Preoperational (2-7 years)

Question 4

What occurs during the preoperational stage?

Answer 4

Symbolic thinking, use of proper syntax, and grammar to express concepts;
Imagination and intuition are strong. but complex abstract thought still difficult;
Conversation developed

Question 5

What is the third stage?

Answer 5

Concrete operation (7-11 years)

Question 6

What occurs during the concrete operational stage?

Answer 6

Concepts attached to concrete situations;
Time, space, and quantity are understood and can be applied, but not as independent concepts

Question 7

What is the fourth stage?

Answer 7

Formal operations (11+ years)

Question 8

What occurs during the formal operations stage?

Answer 8

Theoretical, hypothetical, and counterfactural thinking;
Abstract logic and reasoning;
Strategy and planning become possible;
Concepts learned in one context can be applied to another