Piaget's Development Theory

Question 1

Age of Sensorimotor

Answer 1

birth to 2 years

Question 2

Sensorimotor=

Answer 2

beginning of problem solving

Question 3

Age of PRe-Operational

Answer 3

2 to 7 years

Question 4

Pre-Operational

Answer 4

Conservation & Reversability

Question 5

Age of Concrete Operational

Answer 5

7 to 12 years

Question 6

Concrete Operational=

Answer 6

Classification, Identification, Inferences

Question 7

Age of Formal Operational

Answer 7

13 years to Adult

Question 8

Formal Operational=

Answer 8

Abstract Thinking

Question 9

What stage is object permanence (or impermanence)?

Answer 9

Sensorimotor

Question 10

What stage? pretend play; symbols to represent things; very egocentric

Answer 10

Pre operational

Question 11

what stage? conservation; water experiment

Answer 11

Concrete operational

Question 12

what stage? abstract concepts; consequences of potential actions

Answer 12

formal operational

Question 13

Piaget’s Model of Cognitive Development was influenced by

Answer 13

J.J. rousseau

Question 14

A child’s reasoning and understanding emerges naturally in stages, helped most if the child is given

Answer 14

the freedom to explore their environment

Question 15

Why is sensorimotor called that?

Answer 15

infants are taking in their sensory world and organizing it by reflexes and patterns; later they begin to respond to the sensations

Question 16

explain why the pre-operational stage is called that

Answer 16

operational means logical thinking, so this stage is pre-logical thinking; thinking is not very logical because they can only think about 1 piece of information at a time. (they are easily tricked, as in peek a boo)

Question 17

Explain why ages 7 to 11 are called concrete operational thought

Answer 17

concrete logic; they understand processes such as addition and subtraction but will falter with more abstract concepts like x and y in Algebra; Only at this point will they understand that Principle of Conservation

Question 18

the last stage is Formal Operational. Why?

Answer 18

it is the world of the possible; there are double meanings and new cognitive horizons; formal or “abstract” material of thought; hypothetical situations