Unit 4- Piaget Flashcards
Sensorimotor Stage
0-2 years
understanding the world through sensory information and motor response
Preoperational Stage
2-7 years
think is not logical, uses symbols and representations to reason. (Egocentric thinking)
Concrete Operational Stage
7-12 years
has trouble with abstract thought, can use logical thinking and can classify objects
Formal Operational Stage
12- adult
understands hypotheticals and abstract thought, capable of using logical and deductive reasoning
Object Permanence
(SM stage) Knowing objects exist even when we cannot see them
Egocentric
(PO stage) Thinking the world revolves around them
Conservation
(PO stage) Quantity remains the same when the size changes
Irreversibility
(PO stage) Mentally reverse a sequence/actions
Metacognition
(FO stage) Thinking about thinking