Piaget's Stages

Question 1

When is the child egocentric?

Answer 1

sensorimotor

Question 2

When does the child begin to get a sense of objects separate from the self?

Answer 2

sensorimotor

Question 3

When does the child discover rules (regularities) that can be applied to new information?

Answer 3

preoperational

Question 4

When does the child overgeneralize rules and thus make cognitive errors?

Answer 4

preoperational

Question 5

When can the child solve concrete problems through the application of logical problem-solving strategies?

Answer 5

concrete operations

Question 6

When can the person solve real and hypothetical problems using abstract concepts?

Answer 6

formal operations

Question 7

What are the two substages of the Preoperational stage

Answer 7

Preconceptual (development of symbolic representation) and intuitive (use of language to represent objects)

Question 8

What are the sub stages of intuitive stage

Answer 8

Transductive reasoning (A way of thinking about two or more experiences without using abstract logic) and egocentrism (perception of reality only from their own experience)

Question 9

At what ages do the preconceptual and intuitive substages happen

Answer 9

Preconceptual between ages two and four and intuitive between ages four and seven