Piaget's stages of cognitive development Flashcards
What cognitive stage is a child in during infancy according to Piaget?
Sensorimotor
What are the key concepts of the sensorimotor stage?
- Primary circular reactions
- Development of symbolic thought
- Achievement of object permanence
Match the behavioural description to one of piaget’s cognitive stages: Baby Bart loves to spend time looking at his mobile toy and opening and closing his tiny hand over and over again
Sensorimotor
What cognitive stage is a child in during early childhood according to Piaget?
Preoperational
What are the key concepts of the preoperational stage?
- Lack of conservation
- Centration
- Irreversibility of thought
Match the behavioural description to one of piaget’s cognitive stages: Bobby has an understanding of functional relationships, because he knows that the more clothing he puts on, the warmer he’ll feel.
Preoperational
What cognitive stage is a child in during middle childhood according to Piaget?
Concrete operational
What are the key concepts of the concrete operational stage?
- Reversibility of thought
- Decentration
- Horizontal decalage
Match the behavioural description to one of piaget’s cognitive stages: Noah is shown two identical glasses holding equal amounts of water. Water from one glass is poured into a different, taller glass. When asked if the volume of water has changed, Noah says “no the volume of water has stayed the same even though the glass changed size”. This tells us Noah has achieved conservation.
Concrete operational
What cognitive stage is a child in during adolescence according to Piaget?
Formal operational
What are the key concepts of the formal operational stage?
- Abstract reasoning
- Hypothetico-deductive reasoning
- Idealism due to egocentrism
Match the behavioural description to one of piaget’s cognitive stages: Lydia solves a chemistry problem by systematically testing several hypotheses.
Formal operational
