Piaget's stages of cognitive development Flashcards
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sensorimotor
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0-2 years
infants think through their senses and motor skills to explore the world
2
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preoperational
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2-7/8 years
symbolic representation begins
centration: focus on what catches attention
egocentrism: lack of theory of mind
3
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concrete operational
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7-12 years
reason logically about concrete features of the world
4
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formal operations
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12+ years
thinking abstractly, reason hypothetically
5
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weaknesses of piaget’s stages
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vague about mechanisms of change
more competence in infants/toddlers than piaget gives credit for
influence of social world on development
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