Piaget's stages of cognitive development Flashcards
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Sensorimotor
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Sensations and motor activities, object permanence, birth - 2
2
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Preoperational
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Children learn to use language but cannot think logically, symbolic thought, pretend play, egocentrism, theory of mind, 2-7 years
3
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Concrete Operational
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Children gain the mental skills that let them think logically about events, conservation, reversibility, 7-12 years
4
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Formal Operational
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Think abstractly, solving problems, ethics, form hypothesis, metacognition 12+
