( PIAGET ) Stages Of Cognitive Developement

Question 1

Key concepts

Answer 1

Assimilation + Accommodation

Question 2

Assimilation

Answer 2

Process of fitting in new information with pre-existing ones .

Question 3

Accommodation

Answer 3

Process of adjusting old schemes / developing new ones to incorporate new info.

Question 4

Stage 1 ( 3 )

Answer 4

Sensorimotor

• Infants move and use their senses to explore environment
• Object Permanence
• “Out of sight , out of mind”

Question 5

Stage 2 ( 6 )

Answer 5

Pre-operational stage

• Pre-logic stage
• Symbolic thought ( use images , words ,symbols to represent world )
• Ego centrism
• Animalistic thinking ( think objects have feelings )
• Irreversibility
• Centration

Question 6

Stage 3 (2)

Answer 6

Concrete Operational Stage

• Children can apply logical thought to concrete objects and events
• Principle of conservation : understanding objects remain the same despite being rearranged or altered

Question 7

Stage 4 (2)

Answer 7

Formal Operational

• Adolescence- Adulthood
• Ability to think logically about abstract concepts and hypothetical situations

Question 8

What are the 4 stages

Answer 8

1) Sensorimotor stage
2) Pre-operational stage
3) Concrete operational stage
4) Formal Operational stage