piaget's theory of cognitive development

Question 1

first stage

Answer 1

sensori-motor (0-2)

Question 2

second stage

Answer 2

pre-operational (2-7)

Question 3

third stage

Answer 3

concrete-operational (7-11)

Question 4

forth stage

Answer 4

formal opertaional (11+)

Question 5

suggests

Answer 5

children progress through universal and invariant stages of cognitive development.

Question 6

sensori-motor stage

Answer 6

Explore the environment using senses, develop motor movement.
Towards the end of this stage they develop object permanence

Question 7

pre-operational stage

Answer 7

Develop language skills & mental representation of objects & events.
Is egocentric
show animism
lack of reversibility

Question 8

concrete-operational stage

Answer 8

Develop the ability to decentrate
conserve
develop linguistic humour but cannot imagine the world abstractly.

Question 9

formal operational stage

Answer 9

Children are capable of forming and testing hypothesis, understand
rules of formal logic and can solve abstract problems.

Question 10

limitations

Answer 10

Too reductionist - all children go through the same stages based on maturation
(ignores role of environment - parents, teachers, peers etc.)
Saying stages are universal & invariant is over simplistic (e.g. in some countries
children learn to conserve much earlier due to survival).